{"data":{"slug":"tsmc","etype":"company","name":"TSMC","cat":"Foundry & Packaging","subtitle":"The indispensable factory: nearly every leading AI chip is made here.","summary":"Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company fabricates the advanced logic for NVIDIA, AMD, Apple, Google, Amazon, Broadcom-built ASICs and most of the rest of the leading edge — and its CoWoS advanced-packaging capacity has repeatedly been the single binding constraint on world GPU supply. It is spending tens of billions a year on new fabs in Taiwan, Arizona (with announced US investment plans totaling $165B), Japan and Germany. Geopolitically, it is the reason Taiwan sits at the center of the AI supply chain.","attrs":null,"kf":{"hq":"Hsinchu, TW"},"aliases":["Taiwan Semiconductor","TSM"],"ticker":"TSM","exchange":"NYSE (ADR)","hq":"Hsinchu, Taiwan","founded":"1987","website":"https://www.tsmc.com","status":null,"region":null,"asof":"2026-01-15","sources":[{"url":"https://www.tsmc.com/","label":"TSMC"}]},"meta":{"found":true,"count":1,"served_from":"site cache (no live upstream calls)","as_of":"2026-10-14T07:55:11+00:00","disclaimer":"Research and information only — not investment advice. Structured records carry basis labels (vendor spec / reported / estimate); market quotes are delayed/indicative.","attribution":"Records compiled from vendor documentation, official filings and reputable public reporting; market quotes via financial data providers. See /data-sources."}}