TAIPEI (Reuters) - TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, posted a 60% jump in first-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating market forecasts as it benefited from surging demand for semiconductors used in artificial intelligence applications.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, whose customers include Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA ), saw January-March net profit rise to T$361.6 billion ($11.12 billion) from T$225.5 billion a year earlier.
The profit beat a T$354.6 billion LSEG SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate.
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