Taiwan’s TSMC sees four big clients scale back orders
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Amid slowing demand for consumer electronics and recent changes to U.S. chip export policies, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has seen orders cut back from some of its biggest clients.
Citing a recent JPMorgan Chase & Company report, the Economic Daily News on Tuesday (Sept. 6) said that MediaTek, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have reduced their orders from TSMC. This has led to TSMC shutting down four of its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, which will reduce monthly production by 15,000 units.
Weaker global demand for consumer electronics, in addition to new export restrictions imposed by the U.S. government on advanced graphics processing units made by Nvidia and AMD to China and Russia have all affected TSMC’s orders.
In response to the reports, TSMC said on Wednesday (Sept. 7) that it does not comment on market rumors. The Taiwanese chipmaker also said that production capacity will remain tight throughout 2022.
