The world’s largest independent semiconductor foundry, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has attributed its high performance for the third quarter of 2017 to surging demand for cryptocurrency mining hardware.
…TSMC has credited booming demand for cryptocurrency mining equipment as a significant contributing factor to the company’s excellent performance during the third quarter of 2017. TSMC’s chief financial officer, Lora, Ho, stated that “the strength of our third quarter revenue was driven mainly by major mobile product launches and a generally healthy demand environment, including cryptocurrency mining.”…
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