Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s quarterly sales topped estimates, reinforcing investor hopes that the torrid pace of AI hardware spending will extend into 2025.

The world’s largest contract chipmaker reported a 39 per cent rise in October-December revenue to US$26.3 billion.

TSMC’s market value nearly doubled last year, and it now trades in the US at a valuation close to US$1.1 trillion. However, some investors worry about when the AI boom would peter out. While TSMC’s revenue beat, it was just 1.6 percent higher than the average projection and fell short of the most bullish analyst expectations.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. posted December quarter revenue that topped analyst estimates as the company continues to get a boost from the AI boom. TSMC manufacturers semiconductors for some of the world's biggest companies from Apple to Nvidia.