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> In 2019, TSMC spent $14.9 billion on capital expenses while it generated $34.6 billion in revenues mostly from investments in prior nodes; in 2020, the foundr
by wallacoloo 5y ago
> In 2019, TSMC spent $14.9 billion on capital expenses while it generated $34.6 billion in revenues mostly from investments in prior nodes; in 2020, the foundry spent $30 billion in 2021 and generated $56.8 billion revenues.
having trouble parsing this. is the datapoint from 2020 missing?
- iqanq 5y ago2020 hasn't ended yet.
- moneywoes 5y agoSorry?
- amilios 5y agoSome jokey commentary on the pandemic I think
- JaimeThompson 5y agoThe year is 2020-Too :)
- bee_rider 5y ago2020++
- JaimeThompson 5y agoI like yours better but then I have to explain it to non-techincal people.
- fennecfoxen 5y agoNot the only sloppy writing. > TSMC set forth a three-year plan to spend $100 million on expanding its chip and packaging capacity [... but with global uncertainty], TSMC is only talking about spending somewhere between $40 billion and $44 billion on capex in 2022. That's only 400x as much, after all.