ENTITY · tsmc
Deal-Killer · Procurement Veto
direct supplier sanctioned: AMEC (Advanced Micro-Fabrication) [BIS-EntityList, NDAA-1260H].TSMCTSM
Taiwan·pure play·leader·$2396.8B mkt cap
World's dominant foundry, manufacturing nearly all leading-edge chips.
CRITICAL · 70–100
74/100 illustrative
Underwriting Thesis
CRITICAL — direct supplier sanctioned: AMEC (Advanced Micro-Fabrication) [BIS-EntityList, NDAA-1260H]. A sanctioned node in the immediate supply path is a binary procurement risk that overrides all favorable factors.
Factor Breakdown
Foreign-Origin Concentration64
Sole-Source Dependence86
Sanctions Exposure85
Downstream Criticality60
Sanctions Exposure
Entity not present on tracked screening lists (CSL).
DoD Exposure
No matched DoD semiconductor awards (USASpending) for this entity.
Shortest paths → DoD-exposed firms
- Marvell Technology · 1 hop · $184.3MTSMC → Marvell Technology
- Valens Semiconductor · 1 hop · $28.3MTSMC → Valens Semiconductor
- Scale AI · 2 hops · $105.6MTSMC → NVIDIA → Scale AI
- GlobalFoundries · 3 hops · $1.05BTSMC → Broadcom → Furukawa Electric → GlobalFoundries
Possible substitutes · same commodity buckets
Chokepoint Relationships
Key Suppliers · upstream · 61
- ASMLNetherlandsALLIED
- Applied MaterialsUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Lam ResearchUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Tokyo ElectronJapanALLIED
- Shin-Etsu ChemicalJapanALLIED
- SUMCOJapanALLIED
- GlobalWafersTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- SiltronicGermanyALLIED
- JSRJapanALLIED
- Tokyo Ohka KogyoJapanALLIED
- Sumitomo ChemicalJapanALLIED
- FUJIFILMJapanALLIED
- DuPontUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Merck KGaA (EMD Electronics)GermanyALLIED
- Stella ChemifaJapanALLIED
- Air LiquideFranceALLIED
- LindeUnited KingdomALLIED
- Air ProductsUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- ALLIED
- Kanto Denka KogyoJapanALLIED
- EntegrisUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Fujimi IncorporatedJapanALLIED
- ResonacJapanALLIED
- HOYAJapanALLIED
- PhotronicsUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- TOPPAN HoldingsJapanALLIED
- Dai Nippon PrintingJapanALLIED
- JX Advanced MetalsJapanALLIED
- TosohJapanALLIED
- MaterionUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Solar Applied MaterialsTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- KLAUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- ASM InternationalNetherlandsALLIED
- SCREEN HoldingsJapanALLIED
- LasertecJapanALLIED
- Hitachi High-TechJapanALLIED
- NikonJapanALLIED
- CanonJapanALLIED
- Axcelis TechnologiesUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- Onto InnovationUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- NovaIsraelALLIED
- CamtekIsraelALLIED
- Veeco InstrumentsUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- HostileADVERSARY
- ALLIED
- EbaraJapanALLIED
- DaifukuJapanALLIED
- DISCOJapanALLIED
- BE Semiconductor IndustriesNetherlandsALLIED
- EV GroupAustriaALLIED
- AdvantestJapanALLIED
- TeradyneUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- FormFactorUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- TechnoprobeItalyALLIED
- MPI CorporationTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- eMemory TechnologyTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- HPSPSouth KoreaALLIED
- ALLIED
- UshioJapanALLIED
- Nissan ChemicalJapanALLIED
- ALLIED
Key Customers · downstream · 12
- AppleUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- NVIDIAUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- AMDUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- QualcommUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- BroadcomUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- MediaTekTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- EtchedUnited StatesDOMESTIC
- HailoIsraelALLIED
- Axelera AINetherlandsALLIED
- Alchip TechnologiesTaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- Global Unichip (GUC)TaiwanCHOKEPOINT
- SophgoChinaHostileADVERSARY