Hua Er Jie Jian Wen·2025-11-18 11:43Core Insights - TSMC is poised for unprecedented growth opportunities as a major foundry amid the global investment wave in cloud AI servers, with UBS estimating that each 1GW server project could generate $1-2 billion in revenue for TSMC, equating to 1.0-1.5% of its projected sales for 2025 [1] Group 1: Revenue Potential from AI Server Projects - Each 1GW server construction will require TSMC to provide approximately 2,000 to 5,000 advanced process wafers per month and 3,000 to 6,000 CoWoS advanced packaging wafers [9] - The potential revenue from OpenAI's announced transactions, totaling 26GW, could reach $34.4 billion for TSMC, with contributions from NVIDIA ($11 billion), AMD ($4.5 billion), and Google ($18.9 billion) [10] Group 2: Demand Variations Across AI Platforms - TSMC's revenue from NVIDIA's next-generation AI GPU platforms is expected to grow, with revenue from the Blackwell Ultra/Rubin platform at approximately $1.1 billion per 1GW, increasing to $1.4-1.9 billion for the Rubin Ultra/Feynman platform [2] - The efficiency of ASIC solutions, such as Google's TPU v7p, requires significantly more N3 capacity (4,900 wafers/month) compared to NVIDIA's 2,000-4,000 wafers/month, leading to higher revenue contributions for TSMC from ASIC projects [8] Group 3: Factors Driving Growth - The growth in TSMC's revenue is attributed to multiple factors, including process technology migration, increased GPU unit counts per rack, and the application of advanced packaging technologies like CoWoS, with a potential transition to panel-level packaging by 2028 [5] - Capital expenditures for each 1GW project are expected to drive $1-2 billion in wafer fabrication equipment investments for logic chip production, indicating a direct correlation between AI infrastructure expansion and TSMC's capacity demand and capital expenditure growth [9]