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A comment on TSMC’s Arizona Culture Clash. Parent comment

Re:TSMC’s Arizona Culture Clash by bin_bash on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:25AM (#29809290)
does that profit take into account the cost of building new fabs?
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Re:TSMC’s Arizona Culture Clash by MR4D on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:52AM (#29809653)
That’s cash flow.

Profit has all sorts of accounting aspects such as depreciation (which, for a massive chip plant must be enormous).

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Re:TSMC’s Arizona Culture Clash by 0xB31B1B on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:54AM (#29809676)
yes it does, TSMC has immense profits, and their profits are growing 30% YoY
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