Despite the comment above, TSMC still issued much better guidance than expected for the first quarter. It forecasts revenue of $25 billion to $25.8 billion, which would be a sequential decline, but was well ahead of analysts' consensus estimate of $23.9 billion. It also expects operating margin to remain strong, in the 46.5% to 48.5% range.

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Director of Investor Relations [Foreign language] Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to TSMC's fourth quarter 2024 earnings conference call. This is Jeff Su, TSMC's and your host for today. Today's event is being webcast live through TSMC's website at where you can also download the earnings release materials.