TSMC (TSM): FY25 Q3 earnings call, Oct 16, 2025

Thu, Oct 16Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptTSMC

On its Oct 16, 2025 earnings call (FY25 Q3), TSMC said 12 of the 12 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 12 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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12 words · 12 settled yes · our count agreed on 12 of 12

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Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
CapEx Yes1623✓93%transcripts from the transcript model–
N2 Yes1114✓95%transcripts from the transcript model–
Arizona Yes78✓94%transcripts from the transcript model–
Smartphone Yes69✓92%transcripts from the transcript model–
Outlook Yes58✓92%transcripts from the transcript model–
A16 Yes55✓85%transcripts from the transcript model–
HPC Yes44✓92%transcripts from the transcript model–
China Yes39✓73%transcripts from the transcript model–
Japan Yes22✓87%transcripts from the transcript model–
Profitable Yes22✓67%transcripts from the transcript model–
Automotive Yes11✓84%transcripts from the transcript model–
Tariff Yes11✓79%transcripts from the transcript model–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

4 matches for “Data Center”; 4 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Gokul Hariharananalystqa

…a lot more positive. I think we gave a guidance of mid-40s data center AI growth CAGR earlier this year until 2029. Anything that you…

Gokul Hariharananalystqa

…of AI demand? And also just to get some understanding of TSMC's data center AI exposure, I think last year, we talked about mid-teens revenues.…

Sreekrishnan Sankarnarayanananalystqa

…today's world, can you talk about how much 1 gigawatt of AI data center capacity could translate in terms of wafer demand or revenue for…

Jeff Sucompanyqa

…So now with AI, is there a way to frame or quantify 1 gigawatt of data center capacity, what is the revenue opportunity for TSMC?

Where the listed words were said

Jen-Chau Huangcompany“CapEx” · prepared

…due to strong shipment in N3 and N5. Regarding cash flow and CapEx. During the third quarter, we generated about TWD 427 billion in cash…

C.C. Weicompany“N2” · prepared

…demand for energy-efficient computing, and almost all innovators are working with TSMC. N2 is well on track for volume production later this quarter. With full…

Jen-Chau Huangcompany“Arizona” · prepared

…4% in the latter stages. We will leverage our increasing size in Arizona and work on our operations to improve the cost structure. We will…

Jen-Chau Huangcompany“Smartphone” · prepared

…remained flat quarter-over-quarter to account for 57% of our third quarter revenue. Smartphone increased 19% to account for 30%. IoT increased 20% to account for…

Jen-Chau Huangcompany“Outlook” · prepared

…let's turn to our current quarter guidance. Based on the current business outlook, we expect our fourth quarter revenue to be between USD 32.2 billion…

C.C. Weicompany“A16” · prepared

…and volume production is scheduled for second half '26. We also introduced A16 featuring our best-in-class Super Power Rail or SPR. A16 is best suited…

C.C. Weicompany“HPC” · prepared

…to support the needs of our leading-edge customers in smartphone, AI and HPC applications. Next, in Japan, thanks to the strong support from the Japan…

Jeff Sucompany“China” · qa

…So Charlie's second question is related around AI demand and specific to China. With the sort of the export control and restriction, his question is,…

Jen-Chau Huangcompany“Profitable” · prepared

…higher level of CapEx spending in 2025, we remain committed to delivering profitable growth to our shareholders. We also remain committed to a sustainable and…

C.C. Weicompany“Tariff” · prepared

…we understand there are uncertainties and risk from the potential impact of tariff policies, especially in consumer-related and price-sensitive end market segment. As such, we…

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