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Published on
January 16, 2025
4 min read
TSMC Posts Record Quarterly Profit, Expects Strong Revenue Growth in 2025
The world’s largest chipmaker, TSMC, recorded a high quarterly profit on Thursday, 16th January 2025. According to Reuters, TSMCs ’ revenue growth increased by 57% to $11.4 billion for the quarter ending on December 31, 2024. The chip manufacturer expects its revenue to grow about 37% to $25 — 25.8 billion in the first quarter of 2025 and forecasts full-year growth between 20% and 30%.
This profit came because of the growing demand for artificial intelligence chips from clients like Apple and Nvidia. The quarterly earnings of TSMC also highlight the technological leadership of the company in advanced semiconductor nodes, especially in the 3nm and 5nm fabrication processes that have higher adoption rates across the industries.
The higher demand for AI and cloud computing chips are some of the factors that have led to TSMC’s quarterly growth. Today, companies that produce machines and devices that incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning demand the use of better semiconductors, and thus they invest in them.
The company, which provides chips to market leaders such as Nvidia, AMD, and Apple, noted a rush of orders for its most advanced chip designs. In 3nm technology, it has indeed set itself strategically as the chief provider for AI technology advancements with enhanced power efficiency and performance.
TSMC Revenue Growth
Although the latest TSMC revenue growth figures show the fastest increasing reliance on semiconductor technology by wide-ranging industries, the company increased its revenues by 15% year-over-year.
This huge increase in TSMC’s profit was mainly due to growing demand for HPC chips, AI accelerators, and next-generation mobile processors. With increasing digitalization in industries, TSMC’s ability to fulfill changing demands has been crucial to its continued success.
The car industry is where TSMC finds an increased presence in their profits because of increasing semiconductor involvement in electric cars and autonomous systems. TSMC has widened collaborations with foreign car makers supplying crucial semiconductor materials for future versions of the auto.
The advance in self-driving technology and enhanced in-car artificial intelligence is creating an ever-widening room in TSMC’s high-end automotive semiconductors in an increasingly self-sustaining circuit that boosts earnings every quarter in TSMC.
Global Expansion Plans
To sustain TSMC’s revenue growth, the company is aggressively expanding its manufacturing footprint. Recent investments in manufacturing plants in Arizona for Nvidia and many others globally aim to reduce supply chain risks and geopolitical concerns.
It helps TSMC diversify production across multiple geographical locations to ensure that clients are provided with advanced semiconductors while at the same time minimizing trade uncertainties.
TSMC has always remained focused on the various sectors of investors and industries with stakeholders waiting to see its financial performance in 2025. The management of the company has embraced innovation and strategic growth as its core business models, and therefore, the company will remain a key player in the market for semiconductors. If this trend is to be maintained, TSMC’s quarterly profit will be even more spectacular in the following quarters.
