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TSMC’s Profit Surges 58% On AI-Driven Chip Demand
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) logo appears on a smartphone screen, and the OpenAI logo displays as the background on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on April 16, 2026. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reports a 58% increase in profit, indicating that the Middle East conflict in its initial weeks did not impact the growing AI investment. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto)