January 10, 2006 – TSMC’s FY05 sales topped $8.23 billion, a 3.4% increase from last year’s $7.96 billion tally. December sales slipped 0.4% from November’s record monthly high to approximately $853 million, but were up 38% from a year ago.
UMC, meanwhile, posted FY05 sales of $2.82 billion, a 22.6% decline from the $3.65 billion it reported for FY05. December sales of $280.6 million were down 4.2% from the prior month, but up 1.5% from a year ago.