Foundries sales were in diverging trends in May

Published:2012/6/11 3:00:00 Author:Ecco From:SeekIC

Until May, Foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd has strong sequential and annual sales growth in May while smaller rival United Microelectronics Corp. has a year-on-year decline in sales.

According to TSMC, its net sales for May 2012 on an unconsolidated basis were NT$43.62 billion (about $1.48 billion), an increase of 9 percent over April 2012 and an increase of 21.3 percent over May 2011. The total sales from January to May was NT$187.88 billion (about $6.28 billion) with an increase of 7.5 percent compared to the same period in 2011.

TSMC’s total net sales for May 2012 were NT$44.14 billion (about $1.48 billion) with an increase of 9 percent over April 2012 and an increase of 20.2 percent over May 2011. Consolidated income for January through May 2012 totaled NT$190.14 billion (about $6.35 billion) which increased 6.1 percent with comparing to the same period in 2011.

In contrast, UMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan)’s May sales were NT$9.21 billion (about $308 million) with increasing 0.9 percent on April and reducing 2.1 percent on May 2011. UMC’s sales for the year through to May are NT$42.10 billion (about $1.41 billion), down 10.6 percent in the same period in 2011.

The diverging trends show that TSMC’s command of about 50 percent of the foundry business, and status as the preferred supplier to leading fabless chip companies is proving lucrative despite some supply problems. As UMC couldn’t get enough 28-nm silicon from TSMC, the company has yet to benefit significantly from any dissatisfied customers

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