Business Activities
Business Scope
As the founder and a leader of the dedicated semiconductor foundry segment, TSMC has built its reputation by offering advanced and “More-than-Moore” wafer production processes and unparalleled manufacturing efficiency. TSMC strives to provide the best overall value to its customers, and the success of TSMC’s business is manifested in the success of its customers.
TSMC provides a full range of integrated semiconductor foundry services that fulfill the increasing variety of customer needs. In the process, it has experienced strong growth by building close relationships with customers. Semiconductor suppliers from around the world trust TSMC with their manufacturing needs, thanks to its unique integration of cutting-edge process technologies, pioneering design services, manufacturing productivity and product quality.
In May 2009, TSMC established the New Businesses organization to explore non-foundry related business opportunities. In August 2011, the New Businesses organization was formally separated from the main TSMC organization as two subsidiaries, TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. and TSMC Solar Ltd., responsible for solid state lighting and solar business activities, respectively.
Customer Applications
Over the past 25 years, more than 600 customers worldwide have relied on TSMC to manufacture chips that are used across the entire spectrum of electronic applications, including computers and peripherals, information appliances, wired and wireless communications systems, automotive and industrial equipment, consumer electronics such as DVDs, digital TVs, game consoles, digital still cameras (DSCs), and many other applications.
The rapid evolution of end products drives our customers to utilize TSMC’s innovative technologies and services, while at the same time spurring TSMC’s own development of technology. As always, success depends on leading rather than following industry trends.
Unconsolidated Shipments and Gross Sales in 2012 and 2011
Unit: Shipments (8-inch equivalent wafers) / Gross Sales (NT$ thousands)
| 2012 | 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipments | Gross Sales | Shipments | Gross Sales | ||
| Wafer | Domestic | 2,348,115 | 64,958,354 | 2,077,487 | 49,039,389 |
| Export | 11,508,104 | 401,877,584 | 10,411,227 | 340,588,566 | |
| Package | Domestic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Export | 143,267 | 6,124,451 | 24,881 | 1,045,714 | |
| Other | Domestic | 4,180,117 | 4,499,828 | ||
| Export | 29,557,232 | 26,298,590 | |||
| Total | Domestic | 2,348,115 | 69,138,471 | 2,077,487 | 53,539,217 |
| Export | 11,651,371 | 437,559,267 | 10,436,108 | 367,932,870 | |
Production in 2012 and 2011
Unit: Capacity / Output (8-inch equivalent wafers) / Amount (NT$ thousands)
| Wafers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Capacity | Output | Amount |
| 2012 | 15,090,605 | 13,875,440 | 270,740,990 |
| 2011 | 13,221,316 | 12,019,882 | 204,927,905 |