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TSMC is the world's dominant semiconductor foundry, manufacturing ~70% of global advanced chips including those used in AI systems. Its concentration of compute production creates significant geopolitical and supply chain risks relevant to AI governance and compute access debates.
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This Wikipedia article covers TSMC, the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, which manufactures chips for Nvidia, Apple, and other major AI hardware suppliers. TSMC controls approximately 70% of the global foundry market and has grown rapidly due to AI demand. Its geographic concentration in Taiwan raises concerns about supply chain fragility and potential disruptions to global AI compute infrastructure.
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- •TSMC holds ~70% of the global semiconductor foundry market share, making it a critical bottleneck for AI chip production.
- •The company is the primary manufacturer for Nvidia, Apple, Broadcom, and Qualcomm — key suppliers of AI hardware.
- •TSMC's rapid growth is directly tied to the AI boom and demand for advanced chips needed for AI training and inference.
- •Its concentration in Taiwan creates geopolitical risk; a disruption could cause a worldwide chip shortage affecting AI development.
- •Founded in 1987 by Morris Chang, TSMC pioneered the dedicated foundry model and now has revenues exceeding $122 billion (2025).
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| Entity | Property | Value | As Of |
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| TSMC | Founded Date | Feb 1987 | — |
| TSMC | ceo | C.C. Wei | Mar 2026 |
| TSMC | Country | Taiwan | — |
| TSMC | Founded Date | Feb 1987 | — |
| TSMC | Founder (text) | Morris Chang | — |
| TSMC | Headquarters | Hsinchu, Taiwan | — |
| TSMC | Legal Structure | Public company (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) | — |
| TSMC | Website | https://www.tsmc.com/ | — |
| TSMC | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC | — |
| TSMC | Headquarters | Hsinchu, Taiwan | — |
| TSMC | Legal Structure | Public company (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) | — |
| TSMC | Website | https://www.tsmc.com/ | — |
| TSMC | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC | — |
| TSMC | ceo | C.C. Wei | Mar 2026 |
| TSMC | Founder (text) | Morris Chang | — |
| TSMC | Country | Taiwan | — |
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Taiwanese semiconductor foundry company
Not to be confused with Taiwan Semiconductor Company Limited (TSC).
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited TSMC R&D Center in Hsinchu Native name 台積電 Company type Public Traded as TWSE : 2330
NYSE :  TSM
LSE :  OLCV
ISIN US8740391003 Industry Semiconductors
Founded 21 February 1987 ; 39 years ago  ( 1987-02-21 ) , in Industrial Technology Research Institute , Hsinchu , Taiwan Founder Morris Chang Headquarters Hsinchu Science Park , Hsinchu , Taiwan Area served Worldwide Key people Che-Chia Wei (president, chairman and CEO) [ 1 ] Production output 15.02 million 12-inch equivalent wafers (2025)
Services Manufacture of integrated circuits
mask services
integrated circuit packaging
multi wafer foundry services
Revenue US$ 122.42 billion (2025) Operating income US$62.22 billion (2025) Net income US$55.13 billion (2025) Total assets US$252.291 billion (2025) Total equity US$173.6 billion (2025) Number of employees 83,825 (2024) Divisions SSMC (38.8% joint venture with NXP ) Subsidiaries TSMC Washington
TSMC Nanjing Company Ltd.
JASM
Chinese name Traditional Chinese 台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táiwān Jītǐ Diànlù Zhìzào Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī Bopomofo ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ ㄐㄧ ㄊㄧˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄗㄠˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄣˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ Wade–Giles T'ai 2 -wan 1 Chi 1 -t'i 3 Tien 4 -lu 4 Chih 4 -tsao 4 Ku 3 -fen 4 You 3 -hsien 4 Kung 1 -ssŭ 1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tâi-oân chek-thé tiān-lō͘ chè-chō kó͘-hūn iú-hān kong-si Tâi-lô Tâi-uân tsik-thé tiān-lōo tsè-tsō kóo-hūn iú-hān kong-si Abbreviation Traditional Chinese 台積電 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tái Jī Diàn Wade–Giles T'ai 2 Chi 1 Tien 4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tâi-chek-tiān Tâi-lô Tâi-tsik-tiān
Website tsmc.com Footnotes / references
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited ( TSMC or Taiwan Semiconductor ) [ 4 ] [ 5 ] is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. Headquartered in Hsinchu Science Park , it is the world's largest non-U.S. company by market capitalization . It holds a commanding majority in the semiconductor foundry market, accounting for approximately 70% of the global market share. [ 6 ] As the leading dedicated contract chipmaker , it serves as the main supplier for Nvidia , Apple , Broadcom , and Qualcomm . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The company has grown rapidly due to the artificial intelligence boom and its importance in the creation of advanced chips needed for AI. [ 9 ] Its role as a supply chain bottleneck raises concerns that a disruption could cause another wo
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