TSMC orders another batch of equipment worth 3.4 billion yuan from ASML

On the evening of June 24, TSMC issued an announcement stating that it had spent NT$15.279 billion (approximately RMB 3.4 billion) to order a batch of machinery and equipment from ASML Taiwan branch.

        The announcement shows that the delivery or payment terms are 90% of the payment by wire transfer 30 days after shipment and 10% of the payment by wire transfer 30 days after acceptance. The type and quantity of equipment ordered were not specified.

       TSMC's global president Wei Zhejia recently said that TSMC can currently produce 12 million 12-inch wafers and 11 million 8-inch wafers each year, increasing its production capacity by 14.3% annually. This year, it will still invest US$10 billion to expand its production capacity.

       According to the latest report from SEMI, the global semiconductor equipment shipments in the first quarter of this year were US$13.79 billion, a quarterly decrease of 8% and a decrease of 19% compared with the same period last year. However, the semiconductor equipment market in Taiwan is still hot, with sales in the first quarter reaching US$3.81 billion, a quarterly increase of 36% and a surge of 68% compared with the same period last year, making it the market with the largest growth in the first quarter, and the global ranking has also jumped from the second place in the fourth quarter of last year to the world's largest semiconductor equipment market.