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TSMC reports Q2 revenue up 36% YoY to ~$39.45B, net income up 77.4% YoY to ~$21.9B, both above est., and says chips 7nm or smaller were 77% of its wafer revenue

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co on Thursday reported a 77.4% jump in second-quarter profit year on year …

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Context & Ripple Effects

TSMC’s prior quarterly coverage already showed accelerating revenue and profit growth, with advanced-node chips contributing roughly three-quarters of wafer revenue in Q1. Earlier reports tied the company’s stronger outlook to AI-chip demand even as the broader semiconductor cycle had previously been uneven.

This quarter extends that arc: advanced nodes now account for an even larger share of wafer revenue, while TSMC has raised both its 2026 growth outlook and capital-spending plan. The linked plans for additional packaging capacity and US fabs show that the response is moving beyond quarterly production toward longer-term capacity buildout.

First-order effects

  • TSMC gains more financial capacity to fund its increased 2026 capex plan, including expansion of advanced manufacturing and packaging capacity.
  • Customers requiring leading-edge production become more dependent on TSMC’s advanced-node supply, which represented 77% of wafer revenue in the quarter.

Second-order effects

  • TSMC’s expanded investment plans increase demand for semiconductor-production equipment and advanced-packaging infrastructure, while its reported resistance to ASML price increases highlights pressure over who absorbs expansion costs.
  • Competitors and customers face a higher bar to secure comparable leading-edge capacity, as TSMC’s revenue mix and investment are increasingly concentrated in advanced processes.

Third-order effects

  • If this mix shift persists, leading-edge logic and packaging could become still more concentrated around a small number of capital-intensive manufacturing platforms rather than broadly distributed across foundries.
  • The planned US expansion suggests supply-chain diversification is becoming part of the capacity race, though the ultimate effect depends on how quickly new fabs and supporting packaging capacity come online.

The trend: AI-led demand is turning advanced-node fabrication and advanced packaging into a sustained capacity-and-geographic-footprint competition, not merely a cyclical semiconductor upswing.

Related: TSMC · TSMC reports Q1 revenue up 35.1% YoY to ~$35B, net income up 58.3% YoY · TSMC reports Q2 revenue up 40.1% YoY to $20.82B and net income up 36.3 · TSMC reports Q1 revenue up 16.5% YoY to ~$18.87B, vs. ~$18B est., net

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