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TSMC capacity is a fierce fight among AI customers

Nvidia, Apple, Broadcom and AMD are all competing for TSMC's limited output; meanwhile, a Greek rescue and an Egyptian farmer's stone round out the world desk.

On air: Gloria Vance and Chip Darnell on BBN Tonight
Published 7:21 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

Photo: Peellden · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0

Photo: TSMC — Photo: Peellden · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0

At a glance

First reported by CNBC: “TSMC chip capacity is ‘fierce’ battleground for AI customers, amid record quarter”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 7:21 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Gloria Vance and Chip Darnell.
Topics: AI.

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CNBCTSMC chip capacity is ‘fierce’ battleground for AI customers, amid record quarter

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Taiwan, TSMC has posted a record quarter, yet it still cannot make chips for everyone, and Nvidia, Apple, Broadcom and AMD are fighting over the capacity, CNBC reports.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the richest companies on earth are stuck in a line, like a deli counter with a take-a-number machine.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe word used was fierce, Chip, and nobody at a deli has ever been described that way.