Taiwan's TSMC and China's SMIC both report revenue surge in April

Taipei (AFP) May 9, 2025
Taiwanese chipmaking titan TSMC said Friday that revenue soared in April, after US President Donald Trump's global tariff blitz spurred companies to stock up in case higher levies were in the pipeline. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world's largest contract maker of chips that have become the lifeblood of the global economy, powering everything from smartphones to missil