Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is commonly abbreviated as TSMC.
TSMC was founded in 1987 in Hsinchu, Taiwan, with Morris Chang as its founder. Its business model centered on manufacturing semiconductor designs created by other companies, rather than competing with customers by selling its own branded chips.
This “pure-play foundry” model became highly influential. Companies could design processors and other integrated circuits while outsourcing physical production to a specialist with advanced fabrication plants. TSMC manufactures chips for customers across smartphones, computing, automotive technology, and artificial intelligence.
TSMC is frequently included among the world’s most valuable public companies by market capitalization. The letters are often reversed by mistake, but the accepted abbreviation is TSMC: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.