TSMC
Semiconductors · Taiwan
TSMC is the world's leading dedicated chip foundry: it makes other companies' chip designs in its own fabs and sells no chips under its own brand.
Q3 2026 results · 15 Oct 2026
TSMC kept 51 cents of every revenue dollar as profit.
$46.7BRevenue+41% vs Q3 2025
51%of revenue kept as profit
8%of wafer revenue from 2nm chips
$52–54Brevenue expected in Q4
What makes it different
It makes chips for other companies and sells none itself.
78%Ten largest customers' share of revenueFY2025
A few large customers buy most of its output.
How big it is
How big is TSMC?
15.0MWafers shippedFY2025
534CustomersFY2025
NT$3.809TNet revenueFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Mostly high-performance computing chips.
- High Performance Computing58%NT$2.193T
- Smartphone29%NT$1.111T
- Internet of Things5%NT$191.0B
- Automotive5%NT$186.7B
- Other3%
How the business works
Others design. TSMC builds.
- 1Other firms' chips
- 2Leading-edge fabs, packaging
- 3Profits in the next node
Each new node attracts the next generation of chip designs.
Who owns it
- Shares held as ADSs (Citibank nominee)20.49%
- National Development Fund, Executive Yuan (R.O.C.)6.38%
- Directors and executive officers as a group0.23%
CEO: C.C. Wei
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1987TSMC founded as the first dedicated foundry
- 1997ADSs listed on the NYSE
- 2001First full-scale 12-inch fab starts production
- 2007Open Innovation Platform launched
- 2011CoWoS advanced packaging developed
Sources
Every number on this page comes from TSMC's own reports.
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What TSMC tracks22 metrics
Wafer shipments
Customers served
Annual capacity
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
North America
Asia Pacific (excl. China & Japan)
China
The full timeline17 moments
2022
2024
2026
TSMC vs Samsung Electronicsside by side
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