TSMC of Taiwan, which is the world's largest contract manufacturer of semiconductors and plans to build a new factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, has indicated that the annual capital investment will reach up to 5 trillion yen in Japanese yen. ..
According to the announcement of TSMC, the amount of capital investment for one year has greatly exceeded the record high of 30 billion dollars last year, 40 billion to 44 billion dollars, and about 4.6 trillion yen to 5 trillion yen in Japanese yen. It means to go up to.
In order to meet the growing global demand for semiconductors, TSMC is proceeding with the expansion and construction of factories in Taiwan, Arizona in the United States, Nanjing in China, and Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan. We have jointly established a subsidiary with the group and have begun construction of a new factory, aiming to start production by the end of next year.
In addition, according to the financial results for the last year announced together, sales increased by 18.5% from the previous year to about 6.58 trillion yen in Japanese yen, and the final profit increased by 15.2% to about 2.47 trillion yen. Both reached record highs.
Demand for smartphones and high-performance personal computers continued to be strong, and sales of semiconductors for automobiles increased 1.5 times from the previous year.
CEO Wei Tetsuya said, "The situation where the supply and demand of semiconductors is tight will continue for a long time," and expressed his desire to improve business performance while responding to the shortage of semiconductors.