Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is headquartered in Taiwan.
TSMC's headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan, where the company was founded in 1987. It pioneered the dedicated semiconductor foundry model, manufacturing chips designed by other companies rather than primarily selling chips under its own consumer brand.
The company's location is closely connected to Taiwan's role in the global semiconductor industry. TSMC operates advanced fabrication facilities in Taiwan and has also expanded manufacturing capacity overseas, including facilities in the United States, Japan, and China.
Taiwan is sometimes confused with South Korea or Japan in semiconductor questions because all three economies have major chip industries. South Korea is home to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, while Japan has important materials and equipment suppliers. TSMC's customers have included companies such as Apple, Nvidia, and AMD, but those firms design products while TSMC manufactures many of the underlying chips.