https://wccftech.com/tsmc-record-revenue-2020-double-5nm-2021/

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is rumored to increase its capital expenditure for this year to $22 billion according to reports in the Taiwanese press. This will mark for 30% growth over 2020 and it will come at a time when the fab is busy consolidating its lead in the global semiconductor area by mass-producing leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing process nodes.

The new estimate is higher than what analysts had previously expected it to be. Due to the high costs of procuring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines, TSMC was expected to allocate $20 billion in capital expenditure for 2021, and the bulk of the new estimate is again expected to be targetted towards expanding 5nm production, developing facilities for 3nm and researching and developing the 2nm process node.