TSMC shocks market with break-even claim
Tue, Mar 10th, 2009 |
The world's largest chipmaker and a close partner with Intel and AMD had some shocking news for industry-watchers on Tuesday: business in the first quarter of 2009 will be better than they had originally estimated.
According to a report on the Taiwanese trade website DigiTimes, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) might even accomplish what it previously thought impossible during in the depths of the Meltdown: break even.
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