Fortune· 1h ago· 1 min read
The Fortune Global 500 has long been a scoreboard of corporate scale, reflecting the rise and fall of different industries and sectors. And in 2026, the ranking of the world’s largest companies by revenue reflects just how much the AI boom is supercharging revenues across the tech and semiconductor supply chains.
For the first time, Tencent and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have broken into the top 100, underscoring how surging demand for advanced chips and digital platforms is reshuffling corporate size and power across Asia and the wider world.
For the past year, heightened global demand for AI has fueled stratospheric price jumps for semiconductors and other hardware and Asia—which forms the hardware backbone of the AI supply chain—is cashing in.
TSMC, which serves clients like Apple and Nvidia , surged 44 spots, rising to No. 82. The chipmaker reported total…
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