The world's top chip foundry TSMC said that revenue may fall by 10%this year, and a factory in the Arizona plan will not be able to achieve the goal of mass production next year.
According to the Wall Street Journal, TSMC's revenue and profit issues disclosed on Thursday (July 20) reflect the many challenges facing the industry, including weak consumer demand, rising costs, and shortage of various technical talents.The company said that the United States currently lacks talents with professional knowledge with semi -conductive facilities.
But the company's mid -term forecast is more optimistic, saying that its expected artificial intelligence business will bring huge benefits.The advanced process chip that the business relies on is usually produced by TSMC.
TSMC said that it is expected that the revenue in 2023 will decrease by 10%, a decrease of a percentage of the lowest single -digit -to -medium -to -medium -to -three individual.The revenue in 2022 was about $ 76 billion (the same, about S $ 101.1 billion).The company also announced that the profit of the April to June decreased by 23%compared with the same period of the previous year, which was only slightly less than 5.9 billion US dollars. This is the first time that this quarterly profit has fallen year -on -year.
TSMC is promoting the establishment of its first factory in the United States in Arizona, which is supported by the US government.
Liu Deyin, chairman of TSMC, said that the construction of Arizona was blocked due to the shortage of skilled workers, and the company may have to temporarily transfer from Taiwan to experienced technical personnel.He said that this will postpone the first factory to start mass production of four -nanometer chips to 2025.
Earlier, TSMC said that the four -nanometer chip was the leading product of the first factory in Arizona and said it would begin production in 2024.In general, TSMC is expected to invest 40 billion US dollars in Arizona.
Liu Deyin said that he is now entering the key stage of processing and installation of the most advanced dedicated equipment, but also encountered some challenges.
The White House is still confident in TSMC's factory plan in Arizona.The White House spokesman Trenton said: "The labor terms in the chip and the science bill will enable us to ensure that the workers we need."
Liu Deyin said that TSMC is seeking to obtain subsidies and tax credit to the greatest extentEssenceThe company managers have previously warned that during the process of seeking funds from Washington, the project will be blocked. They also say that the high cost of TSMC in the United States is very different from that in Taiwan.
Liu Deyin said that TSMC needs to rely on US subsidies to cover such costs for about five years.
