The article compares Nvidia, the market-leading designer of GPUs crucial to AI tasks, with TSMC, which manufactures those chips; over three years their stocks rose more than 400% and 300%, respectively. Nvidia benefits from its early AI push, its CUDA platform and full-stack product range, with gross margins consistently above 70% and quarterly revenue up 106% to $96 billion. TSMC gains regardless of which chip designer leads, holding more than 70% of the pure foundry market according to Counterpoint Research, and it posted a sixth straight quarter of record profit on $46 billion in revenue. However, TSMC bears high manufacturing overhead costs that Nvidia does not face, and the author suggests Nvidia may be the bigger AI winner thanks to its pricing power and market dominance.
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| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Market cap | $5.1T |
| Close on 10/27/2026 | 217.88 |
| Change that session | +0.87% |
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