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When Morris Chang first had the idea for TSMC, no one took him seriously. Now the Taiwanese chip company is indispensable – but is it still worth buying?
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSM) on Wednesday launched its newest generation of chip manufacturing technology aimed at creating smaller and faster chips, especially for artificial intelligence. The company said A13 is scheduled to enter ...
SANTA CLARA, California, April 22 (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co on Wednesday showed its newest generation of chip manufacturing technology, saying it expects to be able to create smaller, faster chips without requiring ...
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, disclosed in its Q1 2026 earnings materials filed with U.S. regulators that demand from artificial intelligence customers continues to outstrip available capacity. The filing, which includes the company’s ...
TSMC could add four new chip plants in Arizona as AI demand surges. Here’s what the expansion could mean for the Valley.
TSMC is preparing to mass-produce panel-level packaging (PLP), a next-generation chip-packaging technology — setting up a direct contest with Samsung Electronics, which entered the field earlier. According to industry reporting, TSMC is building out a ...
A decade ago, Apple used Samsung’s foundries to make iPhone chips. But then, it switched entirely to TSMC. In 2020, it ditched Intel CPUs for Apple silicon on Macs, moving away from Intel’s foundry as well. As Samsung and Intel’s foundries fell ...
TSMC’s advanced lithography is pushing smartphone chips past 5GHz for the first time, with Qualcomm and MediaTek expected to hit that milestone this fall. Meanwhile, Huawei is stuck on 7nm chips that can’t even break 3GHz, showing just how much the U.S ...
Making chips smaller has dominated the semiconductor conversation for years, but TSMC’s next big leap may come from how those chips are packaged instead. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company is developing a new Chip-on-Panel-on-Substrate, or ...
TSMC's CEO dismissed concerns that it’s at a disadvantage to rivals already adopting ultra-expensive equipment to make cutting-edge chips. C.C. Wei said today that the chip giant has bought high-end machines made exclusively by ASML, and that it's ...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and ASML both reported strong earnings this week, but saw their stocks sink. It is the latest example of how astronomical expectations have weighed on chipmakers, as Nvidia's last blowout report was met with a sell-off.
