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元器件交易网讯 2月18日消息，据经济日报报道，台积电28nm工艺利用率反弹，并提升了20nm产能，这将为该代工厂在2014年第二季度的收入带来15-20%的环比增长。
据报道，台积电已经揽得了来自高通、博通与联发科的28nm芯片订单。为满足日益增长的需求，台积电计划扩大Fab 15工厂产能，比目前每月7000-8000片晶圆提高10%，主要是针对28纳米HKMG工艺技术。
报道指出，未来20纳米产能的提升将推动台积电第二季度的销售业绩。代工厂预计报告本季度的销售表现。
台积电董事长张忠谋在公司最近的投资者会议上表示，销售额将在2014年第二季度显著增加，这要归功于移动芯片的强劲需求，及28纳米和20纳米SoC芯片出货量增长。台积电2014年第一季度指导营收环比下降约6%。（元器件交易网郭路平 译）
外文：
TSMC 2Q14 sales to rise 15-20%, says report
A rebound in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company"s (TSMC) 28nm process utilization rate and a ramp-up of 20nm production capacity will allow the foundry to post 15-20% sequential growth in revenues for the second quarter of 2014, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
TSMC has landed a pull-in of 28nm chip orders from Qualcomm, Broadcom and MediaTek, the report cited unnamed industry sources as saying. To satisfy the rising demand, TSMC plans to expand capacity mainly for 28nm HKMG process technology at Fab 15 by more than 10% from the current 7,000-8,000 wafers per month.
In addition, an upcoming ramp-up of 20nm production capacity will buoy TSMC"s sales performance during the second quarter, the report indicated. The foundry is expected to report record consolidated revenues for the quarter.
TSMC chairman Morris Chang remarked at the company"s most-recent investors meeting that sales would register a significant increase in the second quarter of 2014, thanks to strong demand for mobile chips and growth in shipments of 28nm and 20nm SoC chips. TSMC guided consolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2014 would drop about 6% sequentially.
TSMC"s shares opened at NT$108 (US$3.57) and grew to NT$108.50 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on February 17. Shares already rallied 2.4%, or NT$2.50, to close at NT$107.50 on February 14.
