Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is a leading pure-play semiconductor foundry that provides wafer fabrication and related services to the global semiconductor industry. Founded in 1987 by Morris Chang and headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, TSMC manufactures integrated circuits on behalf of fabless and integrated device manufacturers, offering contract chip production across a broad set of technologies and products.
TSMC’s service offering covers logic and mixed-signal process technologies, specialty processes for radio-frequency, power management and embedded memory, and advanced nodes used in mobile, high-performance computing and AI applications. The company also provides advanced packaging and assembly solutions—such as CoWoS and InFO—alongside design enablement, testing and IP support to help customers bring complex chip designs into production.
The company serves a global customer base, supplying chips used in smartphones, data centers, consumer electronics, automotive systems and other end markets. While its manufacturing footprint is concentrated in Taiwan, TSMC has expanded capacity and investments overseas, including facilities and projects in the United States and mainland China, to better serve international customers and regional supply chains. Its customers include many of the world’s leading semiconductor and technology companies.
TSMC is widely credited with establishing and scaling the pure-play foundry model that enabled the growth of the fabless semiconductor sector. Leadership has included founder Morris Chang, and more recent executive leadership such as Chairman Mark Liu and Chief Executive Officer C.C. Wei. The company continues to prioritize R&D and capital investment in advanced process technologies and manufacturing capacity to meet evolving demand for smaller nodes, higher performance and advanced packaging solutions.