TSMC

semiconductor foundry company headquartered in Taiwan
Organization public_company Q713418
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TSMC is a public company. It was founded on February 21, 1987.

Its headquarters are in Hsinchu Science Park.[1] Its products include central processing unit and semiconductor device fabrication.

It had 48k employees in 2017.

TSMC

Summary

TSMC is a public company[1]. TSMC ranks in the top 0.86% of public_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,250 views/month, #8 of 929).[2]

Key Facts

  • TSMC was a member of Computer & Communications Industry Association[3].
  • TSMC is in the country of Taiwan[4].
  • TSMC's image is recorded as TSMC Fab5.JPG[5].
  • TSMC's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • TSMC's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • TSMC's instance of is recorded as organization[8].
  • TSMC's founder is recorded as Morris Chang[9].
  • TSMC's logo image is recorded as TSMC wordmark.svg[10].
  • TSMC's headquarters location is recorded as Hsinchu Science Park[11].
  • TSMC's headquarters location is recorded as Hsinchu City[12].
  • TSMC's chief executive officer is recorded as C. C. Wei[13].
  • TSMC's ISNI is recorded as 000000040568427X[14].
  • TSMC's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5156674875633580419[15].
  • TSMC's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2019048658[16].
  • TSMC's child organization or unit is recorded as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China)[17].
  • TSMC's child organization or unit is recorded as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (United States)[18].
  • TSMC's part of is recorded as Dow Jones Global Titans 50[19].
  • TSMC's Commons category is recorded as TSMC[20].
  • TSMC's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[21].
  • TSMC's stock exchange is recorded as Taiwan Stock Exchange[22].
  • TSMC's industry is recorded as semiconductor industry[23].
  • TSMC's chairperson is recorded as C. C. Wei[24].
  • +1987-02-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of TSMC[25].
  • TSMC's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02clqq[26].
  • TSMC's location of formation is recorded as Industrial Technology Research Institute[27].

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Founding

TSMC's founder is recorded as Morris Chang[9]. +1987-02-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of TSMC[25]. Founded in (location) include Industrial Technology Research Institute[27] and Hsinchu City[28].

Identity

TSMC's part of is recorded as Dow Jones Global Titans 50[19]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'TSMC'}[29] and {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '台積電'}[30].

Leadership

TSMC's chief executive officer is recorded as C. C. Wei[13]. TSMC's chairperson is recorded as C. C. Wei[24]. TSMC's director / manager is recorded as C. C. Wei[31].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Hsinchu Science Park[11], a science park[32], in Taiwan[33] and Hsinchu City[12], a provincial city[34], in Taiwan[35], founded in 1982[36]. Subsidiaries include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China)[17] and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (United States)[18], a business[37], in United States[38], headquartered in San Jose[39].

Industry

TSMC's industry is recorded as semiconductor industry[23].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange[21] and Taiwan Stock Exchange[22]. Products include central processing unit[40] and semiconductor device fabrication[41].

Why It Matters

TSMC ranks in the top 0.86% of public_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,250 views/month, #8 of 929).[2] TSMC has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] TSMC is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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