TSMC, UMC up year-over-year

By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor -- Electronic News, 10/9/2007

On the heels of its announcement to purchase the eight-inch wafer fabrication equipment for $82 million from Atmel Corp.’s fab in North Tyneside, England, Hsinchu, Taiwan-based semiconductor foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported unconsolidated net sales for September of $871.6 million (28.5 billion New Taiwanese dollars), down 2.4 percent from August, but up 6.1 percent year-over-year from September 2006.

TSMC’s revenues for January through September were $6.8 billion (222.7 billion TWD) a decrease of 7.2 percent compared to the same period in 2006.

On a consolidated basis, net sales for September were $900.8 million (29.5 billion TWD), a decrease of 1.9 percent from August but up 8.2 percent from September 2006. Consolidated revenues for January through September were $7 billion (228.769 billion TWD), a decrease of 5.6 percent compared to the same period in 2006.

TSMC’s Taipei, Taiwan-based rival, United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) reported that its unaudited net sales for September were $322.4 million (10.5 billion TWD), up 14.2 percent year-over-year and also 1.04 percent higher than August sales.

UMC’s revenues for January through September were $2.4 billion (79.1 billion TWD), 1.5 percent higher than the same timeframe in 2006.