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It manufactures semiconductors designed by other companies, and nearly every leading edge AI accelerator, from NVIDIA and AMD GPUs to Apple silicon and hyperscaler custom chips, is fabricated in its plants.","explainer":["Taiwan Semiconductor is the world's largest chip foundry. It manufactures semiconductors designed by other companies, and nearly every leading edge AI accelerator, from NVIDIA and AMD GPUs to Apple silicon and hyperscaler custom chips, is fabricated in its plants.","Its edge is process technology and packaging: the N3 process node for leading edge chips, CoWoS advanced packaging that joins compute dies with high bandwidth memory, 3DFabric for stacking chips, and InFO packaging technology. These capabilities are why nearly all of the most demanding AI chips are fabricated at TSMC.","Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, TSMC employs about 76,900 people under CEO C.C. Wei, and its shares trade on the NYSE."],"buildoutRole":"TSMC sits at the manufacturing heart of the buildout, spanning the Chip Equipment & Foundries and Semiconductors layers. Nearly every leading edge AI accelerator is fabricated in its plants, and its CoWoS packaging is the step that turns GPU dies and memory into finished AI processors. AI chip demand is now its primary growth driver, though smartphones and other logic remain a large share of its wafers. Supercycle scores its AI exposure at 78 out of 100.","faq":[{"q":"What does Taiwan Semiconductor do?","a":"TSMC is the world's largest semiconductor foundry. It manufactures chips designed by others, including nearly all leading edge AI accelerators from NVIDIA, AMD, Apple, and hyperscalers."},{"q":"How is Taiwan Semiconductor exposed to AI?","a":"AI chip demand is now its primary growth driver, since nearly every advanced AI accelerator is made in its fabs with its CoWoS packaging. Supercycle scores its exposure at 78 out of 100."},{"q":"What are TSMC's main technologies?","a":"The N3 leading edge process, CoWoS advanced packaging that joins compute and memory, 3DFabric chip stacking, and InFO packaging technology."},{"q":"Who leads TSMC and where is it based?","a":"CEO C.C. Wei leads TSMC from Hsinchu, Taiwan. Founded in 1987, the company employs about 76,900 people and its shares trade on the NYSE."},{"q":"Is TSM a pure play AI stock?","a":"Not quite. AI accelerators are its primary growth driver, but smartphones and other logic remain a large share of wafers. 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