TSMC April Revenue Up 17.5% to $13.08 Billion

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reported April revenue of NT$410.73 billion, equivalent to $13.08 billion, marking a 17.5 percent increase from NT$349.57 billion in the same month a year earlier. The figure, released this week, reflects sustained demand for advanced chips amid a global artificial intelligence expansion, though it represented a 1.1 percent decline from March's NT$415.19 billion.

Cumulative revenue for the first four months of 2026 reached NT$1.54 trillion, up 29.9 percent year over year. The company achieved record profits in the first quarter, with revenue of $35.9 billion, and forecast second-quarter sales between $39 billion and $40.2 billion. Management also raised its full-year revenue outlook and indicated capital expenditures could hit the upper end of a $52 billion to $56 billion range, signaling confidence in prolonged AI-related demand.

Advanced semiconductors using 7-nanometer processes or smaller accounted for the majority of April wafer revenue, underscoring the shift toward high-performance computing. TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, produces leading-edge processors for clients including Nvidia, Apple, AMD and Broadcom....