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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

TSMNYSEenabler
Market cap$2.2T
Conviction5/ 5
HQHsinchu, Taiwan
Employees76,000

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Price · 180d

$418.45

+45.5%

Thesis

TSMC fabricates the leading-edge silicon that every AI and robotics company depends on. It is the single most critical node in the entire supply chain — the enabler beneath the picks-and-shovels.

Why it matters

Whoever wins in models, GPUs, or robots, they almost certainly tape out at TSMC. Advanced packaging capacity (CoWoS) has become as much of a bottleneck as the wafers themselves.

Catalysts

  • Leading-edge node ramp (2nm)
  • Advanced packaging capacity expansion
  • Geographic diversification of fabs

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