TSMC is scheduled to hold a media tour in Chiayi on the 22nd, marking the first time its Chiayi AP7 site will be opened to local media. According to Commercial Times, construction at TSMC’s Chiayi facilities is progressing at full speed. Supply-chain sources note that AP7 Plant 2 began equipment i...

TSMC has continued to ramp up investment in advanced packaging. According to Commercial Times, alongside its transition to a 2nm process for the A20-series chip used in the iPhone 18, Apple is set to upgrade packaging technology from the current InFO (Integrated Fan-Out) process to WMCM (Wafer-Level...

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...

TSMC addresses concerns over potential wafer price increases during its earnings call today, stressing that its strong profitability is driven not only by pricing, but also by robust demand and high capacity utilization. The comments come after an analyst, during the Q&A session, notes that t...

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...