[TechWeb] November 30th news, driven by the short supply of chips in automotive, consumer electronics and other fields, the performance of chip contract manufacturers is also generally good, and research institutions expect$Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSM.US) $, United Microelectronics, the world advanced these three chip contract manufacturers' revenue this year, will have the substantial growth compared with the same period last year.

According to media reports, the research institute expects the revenue of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, United Microelectronics and World Advanced World to grow by 4% month-on-month in the fourth quarter. The revenue of the three companies rose 25% year-on-year for the whole year.

In the third quarter of this year, the three chip contract manufacturers had cumulative revenue of $17.3 billion, an increase of 4% month-on-month, which is expected to reach $17.992 billion.

In 2020, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd's revenue was 45.505 billion US dollars, United Microelectronics's revenue was 6.209 billion US dollars, and the world's advanced revenue was 1.193 billion US dollars. The three companies earned a total of 52.907 billion US dollars last year, an increase of 25 percent over the same period last year, and will exceed 65 billion US dollars.

As the shortage of chips in the automotive and consumer electronics sectors continues, the performance of chip contract manufacturers is expected to improve next year. The research institute also expects Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, United Microelectronics and World Advanced's cumulative revenue in 2022 to grow another 15 per cent and 20 per cent year-on-year, driven by predictable orders and new capacity.