TSMC bulks up to take advantage of chips boom

TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world’s largest manufacturer of advanced computer chips for major tech brands like Apple, AMD, and Nvidia.

- AARIN CHIEKRIE

AARIN CHIEKRIE SENIOR ANALYST Hargreaves Lansdown www.hl.co.uk

They don’t design the chips but specialise in producing them at scale with cutting-edge technology. Microchips are among the most complex devices known to man, and they’re getting ever more intricate.

is underpinned by technology leadership and manufacturing excellence. That leaves it well-placed to benefit from major technological shifts, such as the growth of smartphones, and more recently, the boom in Artificial Intelligence (AI).