Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), identified by ticker TSM.N, reported consolidated revenue of NT$514.806 billion for August 2026, equivalent to $16.35 billion, up 10.1% from July and 53.3% from August 2025. The result extended the company’s sequential revenue growth streak to four months. January-August revenue reached about NT$3.38687 trillion, an increase of 39.3% from the same period a year earlier. AI-related demand remained a key driver, with TSMC’s 5-nanometer, 4-nanometer and 3-nanometer nodes running at full capacity in the second quarter, according to TrendForce. TSMC held 72.5% of the global foundry market in the quarter, ahead of Samsung Foundry at 5.9% and SMIC at 5.4%. The company’s second-quarter earnings rose more than 77% year-on-year and it forecast third-quarter revenue of $44.6 billion to $45.8 billion. TSMC and ASML also announced an initiative to advance next-generation chipmaking, with TSMC indicating that High NA technology is intended for high-volume advanced-node production from 2030 onward. Strong August sales lifted Technoprobe shares 6.6%, while Equita estimated TSMC accounted for 50% to 60% of the testing company’s direct and indirect revenue.