Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) August sales grow slowly.
According to the report announced by TSMC, its consolidated net sales for August 2010 were approximately NT$37.39 billion (about $1.17 billion), an increase of 0.5 percent over July 2010 and an increase of 25.4 percent over August 2009.
Compared with TSMC's typical August-over-July growth over the last decade, the monthly sequential growth was almost none. This had averaged 2.35 percent having been as high as 11.2 percent and as low as a 4.3 percent decline.
Its unconsolidated net sales was approximately NT$36.50 billion (about $1.15 billion), an increase of 0.9 percent over July 2010 and an increase of 26.3 percent over August 2009. Unconsolidated revenues for January through August 2010 totaled NT$263.47 billion (about $8.27 billion), an increase of 56.2 percent compared to the same period in 2009. Consolidated revenues for January through August 2010 totaled NT$271.76 billion (about $8.53 billion), an increase of 55.5 percent compared to the same period in 2009.