TSMC: Cryptocurrency Mining Drove Strong Third Quarter Revenue
Cryptocurrency mining was a boon this past quarter for semiconductor foundry operator TSMC, according to new statements.
The chief financial officer for the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest independent semiconductor foundry, cited cryptocurrency mining in the firm's third-quarter results.
The company – which provides semiconductor manufacturing services for a range of industries, including firms that design and assemble application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for cryptocurrency mining – announced third-quarter revenue of $8.32 billion, an increase of 17.9% compared to the previous quarter and 1.5% year-over-year.
Boosting those figures, Lora Ho said, is demand for semiconductors used in mining products.
She said in a statement:
It's a notable acknowledgment from a major hardware manufacturer, but one that's also unsurprising given past statements from other firms that have seen windfalls from the interest in mining, the process by which new transactions are added to the blockchain.
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Mining activity, as pointed out by some Wall Street analysts, is also attracting investors to the companies' public stocks.
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