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Research edition 01Fixed dataset · 2026-07-12 UTCNot live data

Company file

TSMC

The ownership-side benchmark: competitive capacity, utilization, and process leadership determine whether physical assets create leverage.

ClassificationManufacturing owner; detailed classification pending normalized record
Current verdict

Research note only. Market-share evidence is an industry estimate and is visually separated from filing-grade facts.

Governed evidence

Claims in the registry

3 records
C022 Registry state: Corroborated

TSMC planned $52 billion to $56 billion of capital expenditure in 2026.

Claim period
2026 capital plan
Source date
2026-01-15
Source quality
C
Last verified

Registry exception. The supplied registry labels this claim Corroborated but provides one source. Independent corroboration remains pending; the original state is preserved rather than silently rewritten.

Caveat. Update after future earnings reports.

Open source
C023 Registry state: Estimated

TrendForce estimated TSMC had 70.2% of global foundry revenue in Q2 2025.

Claim period
Second quarter 2025
Source date
2025-Q2
Source quality
D
Last verified

Caveat. Revenue share estimate, not advanced-node wafer share.

Open source
C038 Registry state: Inferred

Intel is a caution, while TSMC is evidence that competitive, highly utilized manufacturing ownership can produce superior economics.

Claim period
Evidence reviewed from 2025 through 2026
Source date
2026-01-15 · 2025-03-05 · 2025-07-24
Source quality
C
Last verified

Caveat. Avoid claiming that all owned capacity creates value.

Open sources

Capacity-control audit

Ten factors, deliberately not scored.

The supplied pack contains no canonical company scores. Each factor remains “not rated” until an evidence record and scoring rationale are published.

  1. Owned critical capacityNot rated
  2. Contract duration and firmnessNot rated
  3. Supplier diversificationNot rated
  4. Second-source readinessNot rated
  5. Packaging and memory controlNot rated
  6. Geographic resilienceNot rated
  7. Customer matchingNot rated
  8. Downside absorptionNot rated
  9. Process or product co-optimizationNot rated
  10. Disclosure qualityNot rated