Semiconductor equipment manufacturer
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Barred from selling advanced lithography systems to Chinese customers
In May 2019, the United States placed Huawei, the world's largest telecom equipment maker, on an export blacklist, cutting the company off from American chips, software, and chipmaking tools. Seven years later, Huawei launched its Mate 80 Pro smartphone globally from Madrid, powered entirely by a processor designed in-house and made by China's largest chipmaker using equipment the US tried to deny.
Updated May 29
Q4 2025 revenue €32.7B, 2026 guidance €34-39B, backlog €38.8B through 2027
TSMC manufactures over 90% of the world's most advanced chips. On January 15, 2026, TSMC announced it would spend up to $56 billion this year (a 37% increase from 2025) to expand AI processor capacity.
Updated May 21
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