TSMC CoWoS chips: Sample microchips packaged utilizing CoWoS at TSMC’s workplaces in San Jose, California, proven to CNBC on February 20, 2026.
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Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. surged 5% to a recent all-time high on Friday after the island’s regulator stated it plans to loosen limits on funds’ allocations to single shares.
Under the revised framework, home fairness funds and actively managed ETFs targeted completely on Taiwanese shares will likely be allowed to allocate up to 25% of their belongings to any listed agency that carries a weighting above 10% on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
A protracted-standing rule had capped fund managers’ allocations to a single firm at 10% of their portfolio’s internet asset worth.
TSMC, whose shares had a success a record high on Thursday as nicely, final week reported a 58% improve in first-quarter revenue, beating estimates as the growth in synthetic intelligence drives calls for for chips.
TSMC’s internet earnings of 572.48 billion new Taiwanese {dollars} for the three months resulted in March represented a fourth consecutive quarter of record income.
The firm is Asia’s Most worthy know-how agency, and produces semiconductors which are used throughout gadgets from shopper devices to large-scale information facilities.
The world’s largest contract chipmaker continues to see strong demand for cutting-edge chips from main purchasers such as Apple an, whereas additionally benefiting from the speedy enlargement of AI, manufacturing superior processors designed by corporations like Nvidia — now its largest buyer.