Taiwan's TSMC says August sales up 25.8 pct on year

TAIPEI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - TSMC, the world's biggest contract chip maker, posted a 25.8 percent rise in August sales from a year earlier. Following are details of the sales: AUGUST Y/Y % YR-TO-DATE Y/Y % Sales (T$ bln) 69.3 25.8 465.4 17.6 (US$ bln) 2.31 For a table on TSMC's website, see (http://link.reuters.com/zen56t) (1 US dollar = 29.9650 Taiwan dollar) (Reporting by Michael Gold; Editing by Kim Coghil