Silicon AnalyticaChart 14 · Industry comparison
TSMC spent 33.4% of revenue on capex in FY2025, the highest of 7 chipmakers
Latest fiscal year of each company
- Calculated capex intensity = purchases of property, plant and equipment ÷ revenue, same fiscal year and currency.
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- Micron Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2026 · published 9 Oct 2026
- TSMC Form 20-F · XBRL ifrs-full:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 16 Apr 2026
- SK hynix audited consolidated financial statements, 31 Dec 2025 and 2024 (report dated 4 Mar 2026) · Consolidated statements of cash flows: acquisition of property, plant and equipment (KRW million) · FY2025 · published 4 Mar 2026
- GlobalFoundries Form 20-F for FY2025, · XBRL ifrs-full:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities; consolidated financial sta… (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 27 Feb 2026
- Samsung Electronics Consolidated Financial Statements December 31, 2025 and 2024 (audited) · Consolidated statements of cash flows, Acquisition of property, plant and equipment (current-year column) · FY2025 · published 12 Feb 2026
- Texas Instruments Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 6 Feb 2026
- Intel Form 10-K · XBRL us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; consolidated statements (+1 more) · FY2025 · published 23 Jan 2026
- Company earnings press release (K-IFRS consolidated, preliminary, unaudited), distributed via PR Newswire/PRNasia · Table: Consolidated income statement summary (KRW billion) · FY2025
- Consolidated financial statements (audited) · Consolidated statements of profit or loss, p · FY2025
TSMC invested 33.4% of its revenue in plant and equipment in FY2025.
SK hynix 28.3%, Intel 27.7%, Texas Instruments 25.7%, Micron 23.1%, Samsung 14.2% and GlobalFoundries 10.6%.
Samsung’s ratio is group-wide (all businesses), so it understates spending relative to its chip business alone.