Taiwan media reported that industry sources said that TSMC wants to increase its investment this year by 35.6% to 8 billion U.S. dollars in order to increase the production efficiency of new technologies and gain a larger share of the 28nm chip foundry market. TSMC did not comment on the above report. They only stated that an investor conference will be held on the 27th of this month, and the investment budget for this year will be announced.
Zhang Zhongmou said last month that TSMC’s R&D funds this year will be raised from NT$36 billion last year to NT$50 billion (US$1.7 billion).
TSMC's product shipments last year set a new record. Its customers include well-known manufacturers such as Texas Instruments, Qualcomm and NVIDIA.