I-TSMC ngunobangela weemodeli zakutshanje ze-iPhone ezihamba ngathi ziyadutyulwa. Ewe, ii-iPhones kunye nee-iPads. Kwaye kunjalo Inkampani yaseTaiwan Semiconductor yeNkampani yeeMveliso Yeyona nkampani inkulu yeemiconductor. Ukongeza, yenye yeenkampani ezisebenza ngokusondeleyo neApple kwaye sele ikhusele ukuyilwa kweApple A12 elandelayo. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle koku, abanye babaphathi bayo baxela kwangaphambili oko Lo nyaka u-2018 awuzukulunga njengonyaka ophelileyo xa kufikwa ekuthengisweni kweeselfowuni eziphezulu..
Nangona iApple ingoyena mthengi uphambili weTSMC, inkampani ikwabonelela nge-SoC kwezinye iimveliso ezinje IQualcomm, iMediaTek, iHuawei. Nangona kunjalo, abaphathi, kwingcaciso yekota yokugqibela yenkampani, babhengeze ukuba kulindeleke ukuba iimodeli zoluhlu oluphakathi noluphantsi zonyuke ngokubonakalayo kulo nyaka.
Kuya kufuneka uhlale uyikhumbula loo nto Isiqingatha semali engenayo ye-TSMC kunyaka ophelileyo u-2017 babulela kwicandelo leeselfowuni. Kwaye ukwazi ukuba ezinye iinkampani eziyinxalenye yokuveliswa kweefowuni eziphambili ziya kunciphisa umsebenzi wazo kulo nyaka, kubangele ukuba ii-alamu kwinkampani zitsibe.
Nangona kunjalo, isigebenga saseAsia sinethemba kwelinye icandelo lobuchwephesha. Lowo ukhula njengogwebu. Sithetha ngeemali zedijithali okanye ii-virtual currencies -ngokuchanekileyo, iBitcoin & Co-. Njengoko kuxoxiwe kwisishwankathelo, iingeniso zeTSMC azilindelwanga ukuba zinciphise ukubulela ekudalweni kweetshipsi ezithile ukulungiselela le njongo. Ngaphezu, kwinqaku elishiywe yindawo yaseAsia NikkeiKuyatyhilwa ukuba iTSMC ifike kumthengi omtsha. Le yiBitmain, a qalisa ezinze eBeijing eneemfuno ezizodwa kwimigodi yeBitcoins kwaye ebesebenzisana neTSMC ukusukela kwisiqingatha sesibini se2017.