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  1. Martian

    TSMC net profit ($10.5bn) higher than Intel ($10.3bn)

    Intel revenues have stagnated for the last four years (when you exclude the recent addition of including Altera's sales via Intel purchase). Intel's net profit has also stayed flat. Intel's key market in desktop PCs shows no growth or slight declines every year. In April 2016, Intel announced...
  2. Martian

    TSMC net profit ($10.5bn) higher than Intel ($10.3bn)

    There is no way to replicate Intel's x86 design without infringing on Intel's patents. The only exception is AMD (with the latest release of the Ryzen CPU). AMD is in a unique position, because IBM originally demanded a second source for the CPU in IBM PCs. AMD is also used by Intel to fend off...
  3. Martian

    TSMC net profit ($10.5bn) higher than Intel ($10.3bn)

    Taiwan's TSMC and Intel are converging and their businesses overlap in many areas. Firstly, Intel set up its Intel Custom Foundry in an attempt to take business away from TSMC. The only significant success was Intel Custom Foundry in winning Altera's 14nm FPGA contract. However, Intel was three...
  4. Martian

    TSMC net profit ($10.5bn) higher than Intel ($10.3bn)

    Intel has twice the revenues of TSMC. However, TSMC is slightly more profitable than Intel. This means TSMC has net profit margins that are twice as high as Intel. Now that TSMC has surpassed Intel in net profitability, the pressure is on Intel to catch TSMC. TSMC has consistently increased...
  5. Martian

    TSMC net profit ($10.5bn) higher than Intel ($10.3bn)

    TSMC revenues were $29.5 billion for 2016. In contrast, "Intel brought in $59.4 billion" in sales. However, in terms of net profitability, TSMC was more profitable than mighty Intel. "For the whole of 2016, TSMC posted NT$334.25 billion in net profit." The exchange rate was "($1 = 31.7190...
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