The monthly sequential growth – almost none – was low compared with TSMC's typical August-over-July growth over the last decade. This has averaged 2.35 percent having been as high as 11.2 percent and as low as a 4.3 percent decline

The below-average figures are in-line with August sales performance of 0.6 percent sequential growth reported by fellow foundry United Microelectronics Corp and support a view that the third quarter may represent a peak in the present cycle. A sequential quarterly fall in the fourth quarter is quite normal and 2010 is still set to be bumper recovery year from the low base of 2009.

TSMC's unconsolidated net sales were approximately NT$36.50 billion (about $1.15 billion), an increase of 0.9 percent over July 2010 and an increase of 26.3 percent over August 2009. Unconsolidated revenues for January through August 2010 totaled NT$263.47 billion (about $8.27 billion), an increase of 56.2 percent compared to the same period in 2009. Consolidated revenues for January through August 2010 totaled NT$271.76 billion (about $8.53 billion), an increase of 55.5 percent compared to the same period in 2009

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