Taiwan Semiconductors: Earnings Season Half-way Recap

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Taiwan Semiconductors: Earnings Season Half-way Recap

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03 Aug 2026 01:54:18 ET │ 11 pages

Taiwan Semiconductors

Earnings Season Half-way Recap

CITI'S TAKE

Taiwan tech companies' earnings season is in the half way. Despite recent

market turbulence, companies reaffirmed that AI investment cycle is

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AI power ICs. ASEH continues to benefit from rising packaging and testing

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jack1.chen@citi.com benefits from accelerating hyperscaler custom CPU adoption. We see

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reinforcing our view that AI infrastructure investment remains in the early michael.hung@citi.com

stages of a multi-year expansion and that the beneficiaries will Nicholas Lai

increasingly extend well beyond computing but also in networking and +886-2-8726-9093

power. nicholas.lai@citi.com

• US Hyperscalers – AI CapEx Continues to Move Higher Despite Temporary

FCF Pressure. Recent results from major US CSPs reiterated that AI

infrastructure investment continues to accelerate. Microsoft and Meta both

raised or reaffirmed record capital expenditure plans, while Google also

increased investment to support rapidly growing AI demand across Search,