On an annual basis, that represented an expansion of about 56.9 percent from NT$1.06 billion in the same period the previous year.
Vanguard, in which TSMC owns a 39 percent stake, said on Monday it expected wafer shipments this quarter to be flat, or to fall slightly from last quarter’s 371 million units, with average selling prices down by 2 percent from last quarter.
Additional reporting by Lisa Wang and Helen Ku



