TSMC manufactures many of the world’s most advanced chips for customers such as Apple and Nvidia.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company pioneered the dedicated semiconductor foundry model: it manufactures chips designed by other companies rather than competing with them through a large in-house chip-design business. This separation lets firms such as Apple, Nvidia, and AMD focus on architecture and products while TSMC handles wafer fabrication.
TSMC was founded in Taiwan in 1987 by Morris Chang. Its advanced process technologies and manufacturing scale made it a critical supplier for smartphones, graphics processors, servers, and artificial-intelligence hardware. The company’s capital-intensive factories, called fabs, require enormous investment and highly specialized equipment. TSMC is therefore central to global technology supply chains and is regularly counted among the world’s most valuable semiconductor companies.