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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company posted record revenue in Q2, and on BNN Bloomberg Ivana Delevska framed that print as concrete evidence the build-out of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure has moved from promise to billable reality. TSMC sits at the center of the modern chip supply chain, so a record quarter is more than corporate bragging rights; it reads like confirmation that large customers are booking capacity and burning wafers. For investors, that turns abstract talk about AI into something you can see on a balance sheet and in fab utilization, which matters for capital spending and supply concentration over years.