全球最大芯片代工厂商台积电周四公布，受AI应用需求激增推动，其第三季度营收创下1.49万亿新台币的历史新高，同比增长50%，并超出市场预期。
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, reported on Thursday record third-quarter revenue of T$1.49 trillion , beating the market forecast and rising 50% from the year-earlier period due to surging demand for AI applications.
据路透社计算，今年7月至9月季度营收为1.49万亿新台币，而去年同期为9899.2亿新台币。
Revenue in the July-September quarter of this year came in at T$1.49 trillion, according to Reuters calculations, compared with T$989.92 billion in the year-ago period.
LSEG SmartEstimate基于19位分析师的预测，预计第三季度营收为1.46万亿新台币。台积电是英伟达和苹果等公司的主要供应商。
An LSEG SmartEstimate, drawn from 19 analysts, had predicted third-quarter revenue of T$1.46 trillion. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is a major supplier to companies, including Nvidia and Apple.
7月，该公司在上一季度财报电话会议上预测第三季度营收在446亿至458亿美元之间。该公司仅以美元而非新台币提供预测。
In July, on its last earnings call, the company predicted third-quarter revenue of between $44.6 billion and $45.8 billion. The company gives its forecast only in US dollars and not in Taiwan dollars.
仅9月份，台积电报告营收同比增长54.6%，达到5118.6亿新台币。
For September alone, TSMC reported that revenue rose 54.6% year-on-year to T$511.86 billion.
三星电子周四早些时候预计其季度营业利润将超过100万亿韩元，这将是科技公司的世界首次，并估计第三季度盈利将增长近九倍，因为AI芯片需求旺盛推动了内存销售的强劲增长。
台积电是亚洲市值最高的上市公司，市值为2.1万亿美元，在其简短的营收声明中未提供任何细节或前瞻指引。
Samsung Electronics earlier on Thursday projected its quarterly operating profit would top 100 trillion won, a world first for a technology company, estimating a nearly nine-fold jump in third-quarter earnings as booming demand for AI chips drove strong memory sales.TSMC, Asia's most valuable publicly listed company with a market capitalisation of $2.1 trillion, did not provide any details or forward guidance in its brief revenue statement.
该公司计划于下周四公布第三季度财报，届时还将更新当前季度及今年剩余时间的展望和计划。
根据LSEG SmartEstimate，预计台积电第三季度净利润将同比增长64%，达到7408亿新台币。
It is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings next Thursday, where it will also update its outlook and plans for the current quarter and the rest of the year.TSMC is expected to report a 64% on-year rise in third- quarter net profit to T$740.8 billion, according to an LSEG SmartEstimate.TSMC's Taipei-listed shares closed down 1.35% on Thursday ahead of the release of the revenue data.
在营收数据发布前，台积电周四在台北上市的股票收盘下跌1.35%。更广泛的市场收盘下跌1%。今年以来，该股已上涨64.52%，与更广泛的市场表现一致。
The broader market closed down 1%.The shares have risen 64.52% so far this year, in line with the broader market. Read Also: TCS shares cool from day's high ahead of Q2 results; Street expects a weak quarter