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To: tech101 who wrote (13017)	7/7/2003 1:09:45 PM
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TSMC fab utilization climbs along with June sales Semiconductor Business News (07/07/03 09:10 a.m. EST) HSINCHU, Taiwan -- The much-watched wafer fab utilization rate at leading foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., a bellwhether of the semiconductor market, climbed to 86 percent in the second quarter of 2003 from 67 percent in the first quarter, the company said Monday (July 7, 2003). Although leading-edge capacity had previously been said to be in short supply this across-the-board figure could be an indicator of imminent price hikes as the supply of particular chips and manufacturing capacity becomes constrained. The upward move in fab utilization was revealed along with net sales for June 2003 at TSMC totaling NT$17,846 million (about $519 million), a 14.3 percent increase on the same month a year before and a 6.2 percent increase over May 2003 (see June 9 story), the company said. Revenues for the first half of 2003 were NT$89,247 million (about $2,595 million), an increase of 11.6 percent over the same 2002 period. TSMC's second quarter of 2003 was 27 percent larger than its first quarter.