After months of negotiations, Taiwan and the U.S. on Jan. 15 (U.S. time) sealed a long-awaited deal that cuts broad tariffs on most Taiwanese goods exported to the U.S. from 20% to 15%, while Taiwanese chipmakers, including TSMC, stand to benefit from lower duties on semiconductors and related manuf...

Even as TSMC stunned the market by guiding 2026 capital spending at US$52 billion to US$56 billion — a roughly 30% year-over-year jump — the company made clear that this is not the peak. CFO Wendell Huang noted that over the past three years, TSMC has invested roughly US$101 billion in capex, an...

After posting new high net profit in the fourth quarter, TSMC management projects 1Q26 revenue to land between $34.6 billion and $35.8 billion, representing a year-over-year increase of approximately 38% and a sequential gain of around 4%. On the profitability front, assuming an exchange rate of US$...

TSMC today announced consolidated revenue of NT$1,046.09 billion, net income of NT$505.74 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$19.50 (US$3.14 per ADR unit) for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025. As reported by Reuters, TSMC already surprised the market with a 20.45% jump in four...

Global 8-inch wafer capacity seems to be entering a contraction phase, driven by major foundries shifting focus to advanced nodes. TSMC began scaling back in 2025, aiming to fully close selected fabs by 2027, and Samsung appears to be following the same path, with plans to shutter its Giheung-based ...