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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues about the past. CTOnews.com news on January 12, TSMC today released its fourth-quarter earnings report, with revenue of 625.53 billion New Taiwan dollars (currently about 138.868 billion yuan) and net profit of 295.9 billion New Taiwan dollars (currently about 65.69 billion yuan).

When asked, Wei Zhijia, CEO of TSMC, said they planned to mass-produce 2nm chips by 2025. In addition, he said TSMC was considering building a car chip factory in Europe and a second factory in Japan, as long as customer demand and the level of government support were reasonable.

It is worth mentioning that TSMC is currently building a wafer fab with special process technology in Japan, which will use 12A 16nm and 22max 28nm process technology and is scheduled to enter mass production by the end of 2024.

In Europe, TSMC is in contact with customers and partners to assess the possibility of building special-process fabs focused on automotive technology based on customer needs and the level of support from local governments, Mr Wei said.

According to TSMC CFO, Tuyuan Unsplash, R & D spending is expected to increase by 20% in 2023; TSMC expects capital expenditure of US $32-36 billion in 2023, with an estimated US $34.86 billion. TSMC expects a medium-to high-single-digit decline in sales in the first half of the year and a year-on-year increase in dollar sales in the second half of the year, and a slight increase in dollar terms in 2023.

CTOnews.com previously reported that TSMC's operating income from January to December 2022 was 2.26389 trillion New Taiwan dollars (currently about 502.584 billion yuan), an increase of 42.6 percent over the same period in 2021. TSMC expects first-quarter sales of $16.7 billion to $17.5 billion, currently equivalent to about 113.059 billion to 118.475 billion yuan.

TSMC expects first-quarter sales of $16.7 billion to $17.5 billion, currently equivalent to about 113.059 billion to 118.475 billion yuan.

According to a previous report in Taiwan's Economic Daily, according to reports from the supply chain, due to the growth needs of TSMC in the next three years, driven by the expansion of production and investment in R & D in advanced processes in Taiwan, the expansion of production in the United States and Japan, and the upgrading of mature processes, capital expenditure this year is expected to approach 40 billion US dollars (currently about 276.8 billion yuan), a new high.

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