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A new analysis argues that strong AI-chip demand and softer enterprise hardware spending can both be true: the biggest cloud companies are still investing heavily, while ordinary businesses have yet to follow at the same pace.
Why it mattersInvestingLive links the split to different customer bases. TSMC serves chip designers supplying major cloud and AI firms; Dell and its peers rely more on corporate buyers. The article also says Barclays sees higher memory prices supporting some hardware revenue, rather than clear evidence of a broad jump in enterprise demand. That makes this a useful distinction, not a verdict on whether the AI boom is real. The next clues are cloud providers’ spending plans, memory prices and enterprise orders.
Discuss: Is AI demand genuinely spreading through businesses, or is the boom still being carried by a handful of giants?
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TSMC Watch Update What changedTSMC’s third-quarter net profit rose nearly 70% to about NT$763 billion, and revenue reached roughly $47 billion, above the top of its own guidance range. The new figures add scale to the demand story: high-performance computing, including AI accelerators, accounted for 68% of revenue, up from 57% a year earlier, according to investingLive.
The growth outlook also moved higher. TSMC now expects 2026 revenue growth of around 44% in US-dollar terms, compared with slightly above 40% in July. Chief executive C.C.
The beat came with a less comfortable footnote for investors: gross margin was about 66%, down from the previous quarter as 2-nanometre production ramps up. TSMC reaffirmed 2026 capital spending of $60 billion to $64 billion and said investment over the next three years would be significantly higher than in the previous three.
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- ICYMI: TSMC profit jumps nearly 70% on AI demand, but margin outlook weighs on shares - investingLive: investingLive reports that TSMC’s third-quarter net profit rose nearly 70% to about NT$763 billion, revenue reached about $47 billion, high-performance computing made up 68% of revenue, and its 2026 revenue-growth outlook increased to around 44%. It also reports gross margin of about 66% and reaffirmed 2026 capital spending of $60 billion to $64 billion.
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