Will TSMC Be Worth More Than Apple by 2030?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), or TSMC, and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have enjoyed a fruitful relationship over the past decade. Back in 2014, Apple shifted its chip orders from Samsung to TSMC and funded the Taiwanese chipmaker's initial purchases of ASML's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems.TSMC's early adoption of those EUV systems, which optically etch circuit patterns onto the world's smallest chips, helped it pull ahead of Intel in the process race to manufacture more power-efficient chips. It also gained Apple as its top customer and attracted a lot more attention from fabless chipmakers like Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, and Qualcomm.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool