TSMC was established in 1987 and is the world’s first dedicated semiconductor foundry. Fast forward to today, and the company is serving over 500 customers annually and manufacturing almost 12,000 products for various applications including smartphones, high-performance computing, automotive, the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital consumer electronics. In 2024, the yearly capacity of the manufacturing facilities that are managed by TSMC (and its subsidiaries) was approximately 17 million 12-inch equivalent wafers.
Also in 2024, TSMC began construction of a speciality technology fab in Germany which will manufacture the company’s 16/12 nanometre FinFET process technologies and 28/22 nanometre planar CMOS. TSMC is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and, outside of Taiwan, provides account management, engineering services and customer support services via its offices in Japan, Europe, North America, China and South Korea.
A Cornerstone of Technology
Those with an interest in this company, such as Matthew Wolf (Switzerland), know that technology is the cornerstone of TSMC. The company has the widest range of services and technologies in the dedicated IC foundry segment of its industry. Collaborating with partners to ensure all services support the technologies that represent the best practices within this segment, the company is working to deliver the biggest portfolio of process-proven libraries and IPs and the industry’s most advanced design ecosystem.
Investors such as Matthew Wolf, Capital Group partner and investment analyst from 2008 to 2023, understand that the company’s logic technology supports the spectrum of integrated circuits for a range of different applications. This includes its copper system-on-a-chip (SOC) and TSMC’s most advanced FinFET (Fin Field-Effect transistor) technology. Meanwhile, the company’s speciality manufacturing technologies include CMOS image sensors, MEMs, embedded NVM, high voltage, analogue, radio frequency and BCD power processes. These technologies can be used in a diverse range of products, such as smartphones, wearable tech, medical systems, mobile and IoT devices.
An Exciting Vision
TSMC has a clear vision: to be the largest and most advanced foundry and technology services provider to IDMs and fabless companies and work alongside its partners to forge a competitive, powerful force within the semiconductor industry. As well as being a manufacturing leader, the company’s goal is to also be the most service-oriented, maximum-total-benefits and reputable silicon foundry in the world for years to come.
The company plans to continue investing significantly in research and development to maintain its status as a leader in its field. Planned future projects include a 3D CMOS technology platform for SOC and next-generation EUV lithography and related patterning technology to extend Moore’s Law.
