Overview
- On Thursday, September 10, TSMC disclosed August consolidated revenue of NT$514.8 billion (about US$16.35 billion), a 53.3% year‑over‑year gain and a 10.1% rise from July.
- Year-to-date revenue through August reached NT$3.38 trillion, up roughly 39.3% versus 2025, building on strong Q2 profit growth and the company’s raised full‑year outlook.
- Research firms and TSMC say demand for AI server chips has left 5nm–3nm capacity fully booked, and management warned that packaging capacity is so tight it is constraining some customers.
- TSMC is working on roughly 20 fabs at once, has nearly doubled its chipmaking tool needs since year‑end, and announced a joint initiative with ASML to deploy High NA lithography at scale starting in 2030.
- TSMC’s dominant market position gives it pricing power that boosts revenue but raises customers’ costs, increases capital spending needs, and concentrates geopolitical and supply risks in the global foundry chain.