TSMC Sales Slower
By Colleen Taylor -- EDN, October 10, 2006
Silicon foundry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. Ltd. has seen a slowdown in sales for September, mirroring the experience of its smaller rival, United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC).
On an unconsolidated basis, TSMC sales totaled $811.8 million (26.8 billion new Taiwan dollars) a decrease of 0.5 percent from August and an increase of 6.5 percent over September 2005.
On a consolidated basis, net sales for September were $821.9 million ( 27.2 billion new Taiwan dollars,) a decrease of 0.3 percent from August.
Revenues for January through September 2006 totaled $7.3 billion (239.94 billion new Taiwan dollars), an increase of 30.8 percent over the same period in 2005.
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