TSMC received another ~$2.9B for prepayments related to capacity commitments in Q4!
This is in addition to the ~$3.8B they received in Q3, total ~$6.7B in prepayments
SemiAnalysis estimates Nvidia is the largest contributor of prepayments at ~$3B
$40B to $44B of capex for 2022!
10% for advanced packaging.
Huge capex increases!
Semiconductor Capital Equipment PARTYYYY!!!
That's roughly ~60% higher than what Intel will spend and they had a huge increase too.
TSMC "IDM outsourcing continue to grow"
They of course are referring to the whole bucket of IDMs including
$IFNNY $ON $NXPI $ADI $STM etc, but everyone knows the lion here is Intel
Analysts trying to ask how much intel will outsource and C.C. Wei laughed