Taiwan Semiconductor

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC)

Native name	台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司
Type	Public limited
Traded as	: 2330 : TSM
Industry	Semiconductors
Founded	Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan (1987; 30 years ago (1987))
Founder	Morris Chang
Headquarters	Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, Taiwan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Morris Chang (Chairman) Mark Liu (President and co-CEO) C.C. Wei (President and co-CEO)
Brands	CyberShuttle prototyping service, Open Innovation Platform, eFoundry online services
Production output	15.67 million 8-inch equivalent wafers (2013) 14.04 million 8-inch equivalent wafers (2012)
Services	Manufacture of Integrated circuits and related services
Revenue	NT$597 billion (US$20 billion) (2013) NT$506 billion (US$17 billion) (2012)
Operating income	NT$281 billion (US$9.4 billion) (2013) NT$244 billion (US$8.1 billion) (2012)
Profit	NT$209 billion (US$7.0 billion) (2013) NT$188 billion (US$6.2 billion) (2012)
Total assets	NT$1,263 billion (2013) NT$961 billion (2012)
Total equity	NT$848 billion (2013) NT$723 billion (2012)
Number of employees	37,149 (2013)
Subsidiaries	WaferTech TSMC China SSMC
Website	www.tsmc.com
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited (TSMC; Chinese: 台灣積體電路製造公司; pinyin: Táiwān Jī Tǐ Diànlù Zhìzào Gōngsī), also known as Taiwan Semiconductor, is the world's largest dedicated independent (pure-play) semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Founded in Taiwan in 1987, TSMC was the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry and has long been the leading company in its field. In addition to semiconductors, the company has also begun investing in lighting and solar energy-related industries. It is listed on both the and the . Morris Chang serves as Chairman, while F.C. Tseng serves as Vice Chairman. Mark Liu and C.C. Wei serve as Presidents and co-CEOs.

Most of the leading fabless semiconductor companies such as Apple Inc., Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Advanced Micro Devices, MediaTek, Marvell, STMicroelectronics and Broadcom are customers of TSMC, as well as emerging players such as Spreadtrum, AppliedMicro, Allwinner Technology and HiSilicon, and many smaller companies. Leading programmable logic device companies Xilinx and Altera also make use of TSMC's foundry services. Some Integrated Device Manufacturers that have their own fabrication facilities like Intel and Texas Instruments outsource some of their production to TSMC. At least one semiconductor company, LSI, re-sells TSMC wafers through its ASIC design services and design IP-portfolio.