TSMC May Enter The Memory Chip Production Game Amid Global Squeeze Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is reportedly considering producing advanced memory chips as a severe chip shortage squeezes margins at some of the world's largest device makers and pushes up prices for products ranging from Apple's iPhones to Sony's PlayStation consoles.
The Information reported that TSMC is weighing the move at Nvidia's request . Producing memory chips would give the world's largest contract chipmaker a much larger role in the AI hardware supply chain ecosystem , providing better visibility into industry trends and eventually helping to ease the shortage.
The effort centers on three-dimensional dynamic random-access memory , or 3D DRAM, according to the report. BOOM *TSMC MULLS EXPANDING INTO ADVANCED MEMORY CHIPS: INFORMATION — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 6, 2026 TSMC already manufactures Nvidia's AI processors.