Revenue for January-March came in at T$839.3 billion ($25.6 billion), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said in a brief statement.
That was a tad higher than an LSEG SmartEstimate of T$835.7 billion drawn from 19 analysts and in line with company guidance of $25 billion to $25.8 billion. It said in February that revenue was likely to come in at the lower end of that range due to a $161 million impact from an earthquake in Taiwan in January.
TSMC will report full first-quarter earnings on April 17, including an outlook for the current quarter and full year.
The company, whose customers include Apple (AAPL.O) and Nvidia (NVDA.O), has been one of a major beneficiary of advances in AI which have more than offset the tapering off of pandemic-led demand of chips used in consumer electronics like tablets.
Like other companies, TSMC's shares have plummeted since U.S. President Donald Trump announced across-the-board import tariffs last week, though so far semiconductors have not been included.
Trump's announcement of a tariff pause saw its Taipei-listed stock climb 9.9% on Thursday, putting this year's losses at 19.7%, in line with the broader index's (.TWII) 17.5% drop.
Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW), the world's largest contract electronics maker and which makes AI servers for Nvidia, has also reported bumper sales, logging its highest-ever revenue for the first quarter.
($1 = 32.8410 Taiwan dollars)
