<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) has become the world's largest chip company by market capitalisation, according to a list produced by <em>Yonhap News Agency.</em></p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Citing a report from <em>electronics europe News</em> on its website, the U.S.-based Semiconductor Equipment &amp; Materials International (SEMI) said TSMC has overtaken Samsung to become the world's largest chip company by market capitalisation.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>It said the list is based on share values on Thursday July 16, when TSMC's market capitalisation measured US$306.3 billion.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>It said this eclipsed second-ranked Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Samsung's market value was US$261.9 billion.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>US fabless graphics processing units (GPU) developer Nvidia in third also overtook Intel with a market value of US$257.7 billion.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The report said the ranking includes a mixture of chip company types.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>TSMC is a pure-play foundry, while Samsung is part foundry, part Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM) and Nvidia and Qualcomm are fabless chip companies and therefore customers for foundries such as TSMC and Samsung.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The report said Nvidia's market capitalisation has soared by 75% in the last seven months due to demand for its GPUs in data centers amid the coronavirus pandemic.<br />
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