TSMC Beats Samsung With More Than 51% Share of the Global Foundry Market

Jul. 6, 2020

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seeingdemand soar to new heightsas the world transitions to5G wireless technology. That’s according to theNikkei Asian Review, which claims that Samsung’s chip-manufacturing unit is failing to keep up with the Taiwanese firm even after spending billions to increase capacity. According to a Japan-based supplier quoted by the publication,“demand from TSMC has not flagged and more staff are needed”to meet that demand.

TSMC is reportedly manufacturing 5nm chips for Apple’snext-gen iPhonesat a factory in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan. The company also makes chips for some of the biggest global tech companies like Apple, Huawei, Qualcomm, MediaTek and others.Overall, it has a 51.5% share of the global foundry market, followed by Samsung with a paltry 18.8%. GlobalFoundries, UMC and SMIC round out the top-five. However, they all have single-digit market-shares.Image Courtesy: Nikkei Asian Review

While the good times are on at TSMC,new US restrictions on Huaweimay affect the company’s business adversely in the coming months. The chip-maker has received a temporary waiver from the US government, allowing it to fulfill its existing order from the Chinese telecom giant, but it will be interesting to see how this plays out going forward.

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