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TSMC, the foundry that fabricates nearly every leading-edge AI accelerator, spent NT$443.21 billion on capital expenditures in the third quarter of 2026, up 54% from a year earlier, and still generated NT$476.56 billion of free cash flow, 3.4× a year earlier
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