How TSMC came to control 90% of its market

Taiwanese company TSMC is one of the biggest names in semiconductor chips, and is now expanding around the globe.

The success of TSMC is the result of the company’s business model (not competing with the companies that outsource production to it) and well as the hefty budget it has spent on research.

Right now, TSMC is producing chips with 3-nanometer tech in Taiwan, and is in the process of expanding beyond Taiwan’s borders to form presences in Japan and the US.

Meanwhile, it seems TSMC is likely to be caught more and more in the crossfire between Taiwan and China. The president of Taiwan supports the company’s overseas expansion, but the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is not amused, and claims that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan is “ruining” the company.

What do you think TSMC’s expansion will mean for the company and the economy of Taiwan? What impact do you expect the conflicts between China and Taiwan to have on TSMC in the future?