Everything is relative, so when a chip foundry like TSMC (which produces gear for the likes of NVIDIA) has a bad quarter, that means it only made a $1 billion in profit. Today's numbers reveal that the company has managed to rescue its halting fortunes after turning over $4.8 billion and making a tidy $1.68 billion in profit. The cause of this upswing was that orders for its coveted 28-nanometer process doubled in the period -- repaying some of the $8.5 billion spent developing it and keeping profits just a little over that of its close pal, Qualcomm.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/25/tsmc-q3-2012/
TSMC's 28-nanometer process pays off as it rakes in $1.68 billion profit in Q3
26th October 2012, 06:37
TSMC's 28-nanometer process pays off as it rakes in $1.68 billion profit in Q3 
