What is Inside the iPhone 7?
August 22, 2016
TSMC is the bellwether for not only the foundry business, since they are the dominant player, but also the semiconductor industry as a whole. You could also argue that TSMC is a sneak peek into the world economy since they build capacity based on their customer’s forecasts and the world now revolves around semiconductors.
The other thing you need to consider is what we call the “Apple Effect” meaning that as TSMC’s largest customer (both directly and indirectly from the Apple semiconductor supply chain), TSMC’s forecasts are a direct peek into Apple’s future.
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