Independent chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) is one of the largest companies in the world, measured by market value.

With a market cap of $478 billion, it towers over sector peers and customers such as Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN). The market footprints of the industry giants I just listed range from $147 billion (Intel) to $190 billion (AMD). Only Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) comes with a larger total value than TSMC, nearly reaching $1.2 trillion thanks to this year's dramatic artificial intelligence (AI) boom.

That's one basic fact about the company also known as TSMC. But if you're thinking about investing in this stock, you should know much more than that. Read on to see three essential facts for well-informed investors.

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