Taipei, March 14 -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) saw its share of the global foundry market rise to almost 70 per cent in 2025 amid booming demand for artificial intelligence.

Focus Taiwan, quoting the market information advisory firm TrendForce Corp, said that the contract chipmaker posted USD 122.54 billion in sales, up 36.1 per cent from a year earlier, accounting for 69.9 per cent of the global market. Its share was up from 64.4 per cent in 2024."

TSMC's closest rival, Samsung Electronics, was a distant second, posting USD 12.63 billion in sales, down 3.9 per cent from a year earlier, for a 7.2 per cent share of the global market.

"In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, TSMC's share of the global foundry market stood ...