The AI boom is creating a semiconductor spending race, butTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.(NYSE:TSM) andIntel Corp(NASDAQ:INTC) are entering it from very different financial positions.
人工智慧熱潮正引發一場半導體支出競賽,但台積電(NYSE:TSM)和英特爾公司(納斯達克:INTC)正從截然不同的財務狀況進入這場競賽。
TSMC raised its 2026 capital budget to $60 billion-$64 billion in July, saying strong demand from AI, high-performance computing and emerging AI agents is driving the need for more capacity. On Monday, Intel Corp. announced a $15 billion stock offering as it seeks more capital for its own manufacturing expansion.
台積電在7月將其2026年資本支出預算上調至$600億-$640億,並表示來自人工智慧、高性能計算和新興AI代理的強勁需求正推動其擴大產能。周一,英特爾公司宣佈了一項$150億的股票發行計劃,以尋求更多資金用於自身的製造業務擴張。