TSMC Earnings: AI Supply Chain Winners and Losers
Breaking News To Trading Moves by Shirish Agarwal
Episode notes
TSMC Q3 revenue jumps to $32.47B, beating forecasts on surging AI demand. Customers like $NVDA and $AAPL helped drive the beat; full Q3 earnings arrive Oct 16.
Winners - AI Chip Designers
Reason: Stronger TSMC output at leading nodes (N5/N3) supports higher shipments of AI accelerators and CPUs, easing supply friction and sustaining pricing power.
Names: $NVDA, $AMD
Winners - Memory and AI Server Suppliers
Reason: AI demand needs High-Bandwidth Memory and accelerated server builds; a robust foundry backdrop signals continued orders across the AI compute stack.
Names: $MU, $SMCI
Winners - Semiconductor Equipment and Advanced Packaging
Reason: TSMC has been expanding advanced packaging (CoWoS) capacity and scaling cutting-edge nodes, which supports tool orders (deposition, etch ...