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Company Profile
2 1 An Introduction to TSMC
Established in in in 1987 and headquartered in in in Hsinchu Science Park Taiwan TSMC
pioneered the pure-play foundry business model by focusing solely on manufacturing customers’ products By choosing not to design manufacture or market any semiconductor products under its own name the Company ensures that it it it never competes directly with its customers Today TSMC
is the world’s largest semiconductor foundry manufacturing 9 9 920 different products using 258 distinct technologies for 465 different customers in in 2017 With a a a a a large and diverse global customer base TSMC-manufactured semiconductors are used in a a a a wide
variety of of applications covering many segments of of the computer communications consumer industrial and and standard semiconductor markets Strong diversification helps to to smooth fluctuations in in in in demand which in in in in turn helps TSMC
maintain higher levels of of capacity utilization and profitability Annual capacity of the manufacturing facilities managed
by TSMC
and its subsidiaries exceeded 11
million 12-inch equivalent wafers in in in 2017 These facilities include three 12-inch wafer wafer GIGAFAB® fabs fabs four 8-inch wafer wafer fabs fabs and one 6-inch wafer wafer fab fab in in Taiwan as as well as as one 12-inch wafer wafer fab fab at a a a a a a a a a a wholly owned subsidiary: TSMC
Nanjing Company Limited and two 8-inch wafer fabs at wholly owned subsidiaries: WaferTech in in the United States and TSMC
China Company Limited In 2016 TSMC
Nanjing Company Limited was established managing a a a a a a a 12-inch wafer fab and a a a a a a a design service center TSMC
provides customer service through its account management and engineering services offices in in in North America Europe Japan China and South Korea At the end of 2017 the Company employed more than 48 000 people The Company is is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) under ticker number 2330 and its American Depositary Shares (ADSs) are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol TSM 2 2 2 2 Market/Business Summary
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Achievements
In 2017 TSMC
maintained its leading position in in in in the total foundry segment of the global semiconductor industry with an estimated market share of 56% despite intense competition from both established players and relatively new entrants to the business Leadership in advanced process technologies is a a a a a key factor in the Company’s strong market position In 2017 58% of TSMC’s wafer revenue came from advanced manufacturing processes (geometries of 28nm and below) up from 54% in 2016 With TSMC’s focus on customer trust the Company strengthened its Open Innovation Platform® (OIP) initiative in 2017 2017 with additional services TSMC
held its 2017 2017 Open Innovation Platform® Ecosystem Forum in in September in in Santa Clara California and in in November in in Shenzhen The annual event demonstrates how TSMC
and our ecosystem partners jointly develop design solutions on on top of TSMC’s advanced technologies through OIP collaboration TSMC
executive delivered keynote on TSMC’s design enablement platforms together with each platform’s respective solutions jointly developed and delivered with OIP partners Feature talks by three executives of TSMC’s EDA/IP partners followed highlighting their long-term collaboration with TSMC
that helps customers innovate and capture market opportunities TSMC
offers the foundry segment’s broadest technology portfolio and continues to invest in in in advanced technologies and specialty technologies which provide customers more added value and are key differentiators for TSMC
vis-à-vis our competitors In 2017 the the the Company either developed or introduced the the the following: