--- description: Find out why Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company was selected for the inaugural list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2021: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66b82481abfe3f16/698a18e9b21a9cd934504b91/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-corporation-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 26, 2021 # Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Producing the chips that connect us by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/) ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large  Silicon wafers made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. at the company's headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Silicon wafers made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. at the company's headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan.Maurice Tsai—Bloomberg/Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world’s leading supplier of custom chips for laptops, smartphones and countless other devices produced by [Apple](https://time.com/collection/time100-companies/5953656/apple-leaders "undefined"), [Huawei](https://time.com/collection/time100-companies//5950026/huawei/ "undefined"), [Sony](https://time.com/collection/time100-companies/5950063/sony-group-corporation "undefined") and more. Video gaming, live-streaming and 5G hinge on the connectivity and processing speeds TSMC provides. This year, its services became more essential than ever after the Trump Administration restricted U.S. companies from selling technology to China’s biggest chipmaker, inadvertently increasing demand for TSMC. The firm reported net income of $5.01 billion in the last quarter of 2020, up 23% year on year. **Correction, April 28** The original version of this story misstated the company’s name. It is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, not Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5950050/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-corp/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5950050/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-corp/"},"headline":"Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company","datePublished":"2021-04-26T14:40:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:48:46.640Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5950050/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-corp/","keywords":["Lists","franchise","TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66b82481abfe3f16/698a18e9b21a9cd934504b91/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-corporation-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"creator":"Charlie Campbell","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66b82481abfe3f16/698a18e9b21a9cd934504b91/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-corporation-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5950050/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-corp/","name":"Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company"}}]}] ```