ue, Jun 14, 2022 page12

• TSMC to cut payment deadline: report

  EXPANSION PLANS: The firm’s chair said massive capital spending is reducing its free cash flow, which in the first quarter declined 22.8% from a quarter earlier

  • By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
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  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) is reportedly planning to tighten customers’ payment terms next year to better manage its cash flow and fund its capital spending.
  The Hsinchu-based chipmaker plans to ask customers to pay within 15 days of receiving chips from TSMC, compared with its current practice of 30 days, the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) reported yesterday, citing sources from firms in semiconductor supply chains.
  The new payment terms are to take effect next year, the newspaper said.

  

  TSMC counts Apple Inc, Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Nvidia Corp and MediaTek Inc (聯發科) among its major customers.

  TSMC also told customers that it planned to increase prices on new orders by 10 percent next year, the Liberty Times said.
  The chipmaker has reportedly raised chip prices several times due to surges in manufacturing costs and a prolonged chip crunch. 
  
  TSMC가 고객사인 에플, 엔비디아 등에게 (Apple Inc, Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Nvidia Corp and MediaTek Inc) 내년부터는 제품을 받은후 15일이내에 대금을 지불해달라고 요청했다 현재는 30일이다 TSMC는 또 제조비인상과 칩생산차질을 이유로, 내년에 제품가격을 10퍼센트 올린다고도 통보했다.