TSMC January Sales Growth Slows After DeepSeek Roils Market

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TSMC January Sales Growth Slows After DeepSeek Roils Market

(Bloomberg) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s sales growth decelerated from the December quarter as Nvidia Corp.’s main chipmaker grapples with industry-wide questions surrounding AI spending.

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Revenue in January grew 36% to NT$293.3 billion ($8.9 billion), compared to a 38.8% increase in the October-December *******. Analysts on average are looking for a 41% increase in sales from the go-to chipmaker for Nvidia and

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. in the current quarter through March.

Deciphering Taiwanese companies’ sales during the first months of the year is complicated by the multi-day Lunar New Year holiday, which can fall on either January or February.

Major tech companies including

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Corp., Alphabet Inc., and Meta Platforms Inc. have all announced plans to invest tens of billions of dollars this year in AI and appeared unfazed by the success of the seemingly lower-cost models from ******** startup DeepSeek.

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.com Inc. alone is aiming to spend $100 billion on AI.

Before DeepSeek roiled the market in January, TSMC said its capital expenditure may hit a record $42 billion this year on AI demand. That optimism was amplified by key TSMC equipment supplier ASML Holding NV after the DeepSeek saga.

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is overshadowed by US President Donald Trump’s threats to slap tariffs on semiconductor imports, although it is unclear whether that may indeed happen. The company is expected to hold its board meeting in Arizona, home to its most advanced plant in the US, this week, according to Taiwan’s Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo.

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