Semiconductor Manufacturing

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

Critical60/70 relationships sourcedProfile verified Sep 27, 2026

At a glance

TSMC is the world's leading dedicated semiconductor foundry, manufacturing advanced chips for AI, high-performance computing and smartphone customers and providing CoWoS advanced packaging. 9% gross margin. 1B, and 2nm reached 8% of wafer revenue.

  • 66 sourced links show other companies and organisations relying on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
  • 60 of 70 recorded relationships carry a cited source (86%).
  • 4 documented changes to its relationships in the last 90 days, against 1 in the 90 days before.
  • Invests in 5 other companies on record.
  • 2 named competitors on record.
Importance (our rating)
Critical
Relationships sourced
86%
Evidence strength
63/100

The share of relationships with a source, adjusted for how recent and how primary those sources are — so it sits below the plain sourced share.

Activity (90 days)
Accelerating

Opportunities (our analysis)

Continued demand for leading-edge manufacturingExpansion of advanced packaging capacityIncreasing strategic importance within global technology supply chains

Risks (our analysis)

Geographic concentrationGeopolitical tensionsManufacturing complexity
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Figures researched 2026-10-26 · market data Oct 28, 2026 (delayed). Not investment advice.

  • Customer concentration: Largest single customer: 19% of revenue; aggregate disclosed: 78% — "TSMC's 2025 Form 20-F annual report discloses that its largest customer accounted for approximately 19% of 2025 net revenue, its second-largest customer approxima" (TSMC FY2025 20-F discloses customer revenue concentration).
  • Guidance track record: beat its own guidance midpoint in 4 of 4 scored periods (average +2.4%).
  • United States exposure: Amkor Technology, Applied Materials, Cadence Design Systems — rated Critical or Very High for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — are headquartered in United States, along with 14 other known suppliers (Lam Research, FormFactor, KLA Corporation). 100 other companies and organisations rely on the same United States-based suppliers, so a disruption there would hit Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's peers and customers at the same time — substitution would be competed for, not simply available.
  • Next catalysts: Nov 10, 2026 — October 2026 monthly sales; Dec 10, 2026 — November 2026 monthly sales; Jan 8, 2027 — December 2026 monthly sales

Financial Snapshot

Reported figures from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's cited filings, plus live valuation (Yahoo Finance, delayed). Not investment advice.

Revenue (approx., as stated on call) (FY2025)

TWD 3.80T

+32% YoY

Gross margin (FY2025)

60%

Operating margin (FY2025)

51%

Diluted EPS (FY2025)

TWD 66.25 / share

+46% YoY

Free cash flow (approx.) (FY2025)

TWD 1.00T

+15% YoY

Cash dividends paid (FY2025)

TWD 467.0B

+29% YoY

Net cash

TWD 3.20T

cash TWD 4.02T · debt TWD 818.4B

P/E

28.3×

forward 18.7×

4-year trend · as reported · TWD

Fiscal year endedDec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
RevenueTWD 2.26TTWD 2.16TTWD 2.89TTWD 3.81T
Revenue growth—-4.5%+34%+32%
Operating margin50%43%46%51%
Diluted EPSTWD 196.00TWD 161.70TWD 226.25TWD 327.35
Free cash flowTWD 521.0BTWD 286.6BTWD 861.2BTWD 992.4B

Source: company filings via Yahoo Finance. Full history in the Analyst Report.

Guidance (4Q26 and FY2026): 4Q26 revenue expected at US$52.3-54.3 billion, gross margin 65-67% and operating margin 56.5-58.5%, assuming US$1 = NT$31.8. Full-year 2026 revenue growth now expected around 44% in US dollar terms; 2026 capital budget reiterated at US$60-64 billion (raised from the US$52-56 billion set in January). [TSMC (SEC Form 6-K earnings release)]

Consensus: Analysts expect TWD 1.71T of revenue this quarter (26 analysts), +63% on a year earlier. This fiscal year's EPS estimate is $17.50 (+64%), up 4.8% over 90 days. Reported EPS beat the consensus in 4 of the last 4 quarters (average +5.7%). Provider compilation of analyst estimates (Yahoo Finance) — market context, not an InsightNodes forecast.

Credit: Rated AA- (positive) by S&P Global Ratings, Aa2 (positive) by Moody's, twAAA (stable) by Taiwan Ratings (S&P subsidiary in Taiwan); net cash of TWD 2.06T (fiscal year ended Dec 2025).

Bull · Base · Bear

InsightNodes editorial analysis of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, built only on the cited sources — what each case would require, not a forecast, probability or recommendation.

Bull case

Base case

Bear case

  • Back-end (CoWoS) and tool shortages cap shipments despite demand above supply.Trigger: TSMC guides a quarter below consensus citing packaging or tool constraints, or guided revenue growth slows below 5% QoQ. [TSMC (earnings call transcript)] [Silicon Analysts]

Full cases in the Full Analyst Report.

TSMC is the world's leading dedicated semiconductor foundry, manufacturing advanced chips for AI, high-performance computing and smartphone customers and providing CoWoS advanced packaging. FY2025 revenue was about NT$3.8T (US$122B, +31.6%) at a 59.9% gross margin. 3Q26 revenue rose 50.9% to NT$1.49T with a 66.4% gross margin and net income of NT$763.1B, and 2nm reached 8% of wafer revenue. TSMC guides 4Q26 revenue of US$52.3-54.3B and full-year 2026 growth of about 44% in US dollars, with a 2026 capital budget of US$60-64B. Its second Arizona fab is scheduled for volume production in 3Q 2027.

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Leading Indicators

Hiring and patent filing trends — the underlying numbers Momentum is computed from. Insider filing activity is tracked separately under Sources below.

Limited datadriven mostly by insider filing activity: 106 → 97 insider filings (-8%) vs the previous period, down 9. Partial read: based on 1 of 3 signals (insider filing activity).
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Additional Intelligence Signals

Patent citation lineage, earnings-call mentions, and federal contract disclosures — automatically collected, not yet visible anywhere else on the site.

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Sources

Every claim traced to a primary source — evidence, recent activity, and insider filing behavior, all in one place.

Evidence

65 sources · 9 government/SEC filings

Insider Filing Activity

97Form 4 filings, trailing 90 days-9 since last week's snapshot

Counts filing frequency only — transaction direction/size wasn't parseable from the sampled filings · sourced from SEC EDGAR · as of Sep 7, 2026

Insider Timing

An insider acquired 51 shares on Aug 7, 2026 — 3 days before a recorded milestone: “July 2026 revenue up 44.7% YoY, outpacing Q2 guidance”

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

An insider acquired 41 shares on Aug 7, 2026 — 3 days before a recorded milestone: “July 2026 revenue up 44.7% YoY, outpacing Q2 guidance”

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

An insider acquired 42 shares on Aug 7, 2026 — 3 days before a recorded milestone: “July 2026 revenue up 44.7% YoY, outpacing Q2 guidance”

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

Correlated Activity

Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Microsoft Azure — which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (3 recorded changes for Microsoft Azure in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Apple — which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (4 recorded changes for Apple in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Broadcom — which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (3 recorded changes for Broadcom in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

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Acquisition & Investment Fit

AI-reasoned, generated only from entities already in InsightNodes's own graph — a hypothetical strategic-fit exercise, not real M&A intelligence or a signal that any deal is planned or in progress.

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Relationship Map

Who Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company relies on, who relies on it, where its capital goes, and who it competes with — the most important connections first. Search for any company to see how it links to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or open the full list.

IT RELIES ON · 128RELIES ON IT · 77CAPITAL · 11COMPETITORS & REGULATORS · 10PRODUCTS & PARTNERS · 32Taiwan Semiconductor …Synopsys supplies Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — CriticalSynopsysCritical · Design SoftwareTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company relies on ASML — CriticalASMLCritical · Semiconductor Manufactu…Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company relies on Applied Materials — CriticalApplied MaterialsCritical · Semiconductor Manufactu…Cadence Design Systems supplies Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — CriticalCadence Design SystemsCritical · Design SoftwareTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company relies on HOYA Corporation — CriticalHOYA CorporationCritical · Semiconductor Manufactu…Amkor Technology supplies Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — CriticalAmkor TechnologyCritical · Semiconductor Manufactu…Qnity Electronics, Inc. supplies Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — Very HighQnity Electronics, Inc.Very high · Semiconductor Equipment…NVIDIA relies on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — CriticalNVIDIACritical · SemiconductorsAdvanced Micro Devices relies on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — CriticalAdvanced Micro DevicesCritical · SemiconductorsApple relies on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — CriticalAppleCritical · Consumer TechnologySK hynix relies on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — Very HighSK hynixVery high · SemiconductorsSilicon Labs is supplied by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — Very HighSilicon LabsVery high · SemiconductorsAlchip Technologies is supplied by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — Very HighAlchip TechnologiesVery high · SemiconductorsTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company supplies Marvell Technology — Very HighMarvell TechnologyVery high · AI SemiconductorsTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company invests in European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) — Very HighEuropean Semicon…Very high · investmentTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company invests in Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) — HighVanguard Interna…High · investmentTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company invests in Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd. — MediumSystems on Silic…Medium · investmentTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company invests in Xintec Inc. — MediumXintec Inc.Medium · investmentTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company invests in Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation — MediumAdvanced Vision …Medium · investmentTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company competes with Samsung Foundry — CriticalSamsung FoundryCritical · competitorSMIC competes with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — CriticalSMICCritical · competitorTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is regulated by CHIPS Program Office — HighCHIPS Program Of…High · regulator / ruleJapan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. is part of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — Very HighJapan Advanced S…Very highEuropean Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) is part of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — Very HighEuropean Semicon…Very high

Showing the most important 24 of 246 connections, ranked by importance and sourcing. Hover to isolate one, click for its sources. Thicker line = more important; dashed = no source linked yet.

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The Story So Far (last 6 months)

Aug 2026: KLA's FY2026 10-K names TSMC as a >10%-of-revenue customer→Aug 2026: July 2026 revenue up 44.7% YoY, outpacing Q2 guidance→Aug 2026: Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC Agreed to Establish Joint Venture for Next-Generati…→Aug 2026: Marvell Technology 10-Q (2026)→Sep 2026: ASML and TSMC announce joint High-NA EUV photomask initiative→Sep 2026: TSMC raises FY2026 capex outlook to $60-64B amid AI demand

Auto-generated from this entity's dated milestones, relationship updates, and sourced evidence — not AI-written, just sorted.

Emerging Signals

Advanced Manufacturing Demand

Critical

Growth in artificial intelligence computing is increasing demand for leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging.

Market Intelligence

Unverified

Credibly-reported claims — analyst notes, sourcing citing “people familiar with the matter,” deals where the companies involved declined to comment — that haven't been officially confirmed. Kept structurally separate from the sourced evidence above; treat as a lead worth researching further, not an established fact.

Reported clash with ASML over equipment price increases

40% confidence

ASML reportedly plans to raise prices on its chipmaking equipment, setting up a potential dispute with TSMC, its largest customer, over the increases.

Reported by The Information; TSMC declined to comment on the price increases, and ASML's own representative pointed only to prior CFO earnings-call remarks on pricing without confirming specifics.

The Information (via Taipei Times) · Jul 20, 2026

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's Timeline

A sourced, dated history of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's key moments — founding to present.

  1. Jan 2026 · Arizona fab begins Blackwell production

    NVIDIA's Blackwell GPUs entered high-volume production at TSMC's Arizona fab in early 2026, a step toward TSMC's goal of a fully domestic US supply chain by 2028.

  2. Jul 2026 · Q2 2026 profit surges 77% on first 2nm revenue, adds $100B Arizona investment

    TSMC reported Q2 2026 revenue of NT$1,270.38 billion (up 36.0% YoY) and net income of NT$706.56 billion (up 77.4% YoY), with 2nm wafers contributing 3% of total wafer revenue in their first quarter of production; the company raised 2026 capex guidance to $60-64 billion and announced an additional $100 billion investment in Arizona for new fabs to meet US demand, while flagging a 3-4 percentage point gross-margin headwind in H2 2026 from the 2nm ramp.

  3. Aug 2026 · July 2026 revenue up 44.7% YoY, outpacing Q2 guidance

    TSMC reported July 2026 net revenue of roughly NT$467.6 billion, up 44.7% year-over-year and 5.6% month-over-month, a growth pace well above the 36-37% range guided at its Q2 2026 earnings call, reflecting continued AI-driven demand for advanced nodes.

    Source
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How These Connections Evolved

How a relationship changed over time, not just its current state — sourced, dated, and traceable.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ Apple

  1. Oct 2023 · 3nm ramp reaches ~15% of TSMC quarterly revenue

    Apple's A17 Pro and M3-family chips drove TSMC's 3nm process from about 6% of quarterly revenue in Q3 2023 to roughly 15% in Q4 2023, as 3nm shifted from early-stage to a meaningful share of TSMC's overall business.

    Source
  2. Jan 2024 · Apple becomes TSMC's largest 3nm customer

    Apple's 3nm orders grew by an estimated 50% year-over-year, making Apple TSMC's largest customer for 3nm chips in 2024 and pushing 3nm past 20% of TSMC's total revenue for the year.

    Source
  3. Now

    TSMC is Apple's exclusive chip fabricator, with Apple representing roughly 16% of TSMC's projected 2026 revenue, its second-largest named customer after NVIDIA.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ NVIDIA

  1. Jan 2026

    NVIDIA's Blackwell GPUs entered high-volume production at TSMC's Arizona fab in early 2026, though wafers still ship back to Taiwan for CoWoS packaging pending TSMC's goal of a fully domestic US supply chain by 2028.

  2. Now

    TSMC manufactures advanced semiconductor products designed by NVIDIA.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ Advanced Micro Devices

  1. 2024–2025

    TSMC fabricated AMD's MI300X (CDNA 3) and next-generation MI350X (CDNA 4, 3nm) accelerators, competing for the same advanced-node and CoWoS packaging capacity as NVIDIA's Blackwell line.

  2. Now

    TSMC manufactures advanced semiconductor products designed by AMD.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ ASML

  1. Nov 2024 · First High-NA EUV tool ordered, adoption deferred

    TSMC arranged to receive its first ASML High-NA EUV lithography machine (the TWINSCAN EXE:5000, capable of printing lines as thin as 8nm) by year-end, becoming the second manufacturer after Intel to receive one — but held off on production adoption.

    Source
  2. Jan 2026 · High-NA adoption deferred to 2029 over cost

    TSMC signaled no plans to introduce High-NA EUV into production before 2029, with senior leadership citing cost as the main barrier — even as Intel and Samsung moved ahead with their own High-NA adoption plans, marking a rare divergence in TSMC's usually fast equipment-adoption pace.

    Source
  3. Now

    TSMC depends on advanced lithography equipment supplied by ASML for leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography

  1. 2018–2026

    TSMC was among ASML's earliest and largest EUV customers for 7nm/5nm production, but deferred adopting ASML's newer High-NA EUV tools into production until 2029 over cost concerns, even after receiving its first High-NA machine in late 2024 — a rare divergence from its usually fast equipment-adoption pace.

  2. Now

    TSMC uses extreme ultraviolet lithography in advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ CoWoS Advanced Packaging

  1. Jan 2025

    TSMC roughly doubled CoWoS capacity to a record 75,000-80,000 wafers per month, aiming to close the persistent supply-demand gap for advanced AI chip packaging.

  2. Jan 2026

    TSMC targeted quadrupling advanced packaging capacity to 120,000-140,000 CoWoS wafers per month by late 2026, with the supply-demand gap reportedly narrowing from roughly 20% to 10% by year-end as capacity expanded.

  3. Now

    TSMC develops and operates CoWoS advanced packaging technology.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ Advanced Semiconductor Packaging

  1. 2024–2026

    TSMC scaled CoWoS advanced-packaging capacity from roughly 30-40k wafers/month (2024) to 75-80k (2025) toward a 120-140k target (2026), while increasingly outsourcing overflow demand to ASE as AI chip demand outstripped its own capacity.

  2. Now

    TSMC develops advanced semiconductor packaging technologies used to integrate sophisticated computing systems.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ CHIPS and Science Act

  1. Apr 2024

    TSMC Arizona and the Department of Commerce signed preliminary terms for up to $6.6 billion in CHIPS Act direct funding, supporting TSMC's planned $65 billion+ investment across three Phoenix fabs.

  2. Nov 2024

    The $6.6 billion CHIPS Act award to TSMC Arizona was formally finalized, with funds disbursed against completion of project milestones — the first Phoenix fab targeting 4nm production in the first half of 2025, the second targeting 2nm production from 2028.

  3. Now

    TSMC's US manufacturing expansion, including its Arizona fabrication facilities, depends on CHIPS Act incentive funding.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ Blackwell

  1. Jan 2024

    TSMC moved to secure a larger, multi-year share of its expanding CoWoS advanced packaging capacity for Blackwell production, aiming to avoid the capacity bottlenecks seen during the prior Hopper generation's ramp.

  2. Jan 2025

    NVIDIA reserved the majority of TSMC's advanced CoWoS packaging capacity through 2027 to cover both Blackwell and next-generation Rubin GPU production.

  3. Now

    Production of advanced Blackwell processors depends on sophisticated semiconductor manufacturing capabilities.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ Co-Packaged Optics

  1. 2024–2025

    TSMC's COUPE silicon-photonics packaging process became the manufacturing foundation for NVIDIA's Quantum-X and Spectrum-X Photonics co-packaged optics switches, positioning TSMC as a critical bottleneck for next-generation optical networking hardware.

  2. Now

    Co-packaged optics manufacturing depends on TSMC's COUPE silicon photonics packaging process, which both NVIDIA and Broadcom rely on for their optical switch products.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ Semiconductor Manufacturing

  1. 2024–2026

    TSMC's total advanced-node demand roughly tripled from about 370,000 wafers in 2024 toward approaching 1 million by 2026, with CoWoS packaging lines fully booked at 52-78 week lead times, reinforcing its dominant foundry position.

  2. Now

    TSMC dominates the global semiconductor foundry industry, manufacturing the vast majority of the world's most advanced AI chips.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ↔ Applied Materials

  1. 2024–2025

    Applied Materials expanded wafer fabrication and advanced-packaging equipment supply to TSMC as leading-edge and CoWoS capacity scaled to meet surging AI chip demand.

  2. Now

    Applied Materials supplies wafer fabrication and advanced packaging equipment used across TSMC's leading-edge chip manufacturing.