Analyze Case of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacture Company

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Introduction

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was established in 1987 with headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan. TSMC is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) under the ticker number 2330 and its American Depository Shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "TSM" ("Company Profile,"). The company offers a range of wafer fabrication processes, including embedded non-volatile memory process, embedded dynamic random access memory (DRAM) process, mixed signal/ radio frequency (RF) process, high voltage process, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor process, color filter process, micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) process and silicon germanium process, among others ("Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing," ). TSMC is the first and largest dedicated silicon foundry in the world with 10 plants in Asia and one in the US. TSMC also manages two wholly owned subsidiaries: WaferTech in the United States and TSMC China Company Limited, and its joint venture fab, SSMC in Singapore.

The company gets more than half of its revenue from customers in the US. As of 2010 the company served more than 400 customers with more than 7000 products manufacturing for a variety of applications like computer, communications, and consumer electronics market segments. In 2010, the company reported total sales revenue of US$13.3 billion.
TSMC has been able to consistently grow by building strong relationships with its customers. Due to the cutting edge technology used by TSMC, pioneering design services, manufacturing productivity and product quality, the suppliers trust TSMC for all their manufacturing needs. The company has built its credibility ...