Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's Q4 sales surged 37%, with expanding margins. Find out why TSMC stock presents a buy opportunity with 17% upside.

KEY TAKEAWAYS A slew of artificial intelligence stocks, including chip maker Nvidia, are tumbling in premarket trading Monday after Chinese startup DeepSeek released a cutting-edge AI model that runs on less-advanced chips and at a lower cost than U.

More details about the impact of Taiwanese earthquake impact on TSMC emerge: up to 20,000 wafers could be affected.

TSMC manufactures more than 90% of the world’s most advanced logic chips, making it the world leader in semiconductor manufacturing. Back in 2020, it announced the creation of TSMC Arizona and an initial $12 billion commitment to building its first U.S.-located advanced fabrication plant in Phoenix.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co logged record quarterly profit on Thursday and said it expects robust revenue growth in the first three months of the year as demand surges for chips used in artificial intelligence processing.

The powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on January 21 has led to a disruption in production at TSMC. While there were no reported

TSMC is advancing its compact optical engine technology, branded as COUPE, a top priority among its emerging innovations. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, during a recent visit to Taiwan, highlighted collaboration with TSMC on silicon photonics,

TSMC to increase capex by 34%, driven by AI spends and N2 node ramp. Peak margins expected, but structural improvements may offset. Read more here.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing confirmed it started commercial production at its Phoenix complex during fourth quarter when profits surged 57%.

TSMC, which makes chips for Nvidia, reported net income of $11.6 billion. Its CFO said this was supported by "strong demand" for its advanced chips.

TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, produces advanced processors for clients such as Nvidia and Apple and has benefited from the megatrend in favor of AI.

Chipmaker TSMC said on Tuesday that all its sites were operating following an overnight earthquake in southern Taiwan."Post-earthquake structural inspections have been completed at all sites, confirming that the structures are safe and operations are gradually resuming,