Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)



			1934 Act Registration No. 1-14700

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549

		FORM 6-K
	REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
		For the month of September 2021 (Commission File Number: 001-14700)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
		No. 8, Li-Hsin Rd. 6, Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, R.O.C. (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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SIGNATURES



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


		Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
Date:	September 10, 2021	By	/s/ Wendell Huang
			Wendell Huang
			Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

TSMC August 2021 Revenue Report

Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Sept. 10, 2021 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for August 2021: On a consolidated basis, revenue for August 2021 was approximately NT$137.43 billion, an increase of 10.3 percent from July 2021 and an increase of 11.8 percent from August 2020. Revenue for January through August 2021 totaled NT$996.54 billion, an increase of 17.2 percent compared to the same period in 2020

TSMC August Revenue Report (Consolidated):

(Unit:NT$ million)

Period

August

2021

July

2021

M-o-M Increase

(Decrease)

August

2020

Y-o-Y

Increase

(Decrease)

January to August

2021

January to August

2020

Y-o-Y

Increase

(Decrease)

Net

Revenue

137,427

124,558

10.3

122,878

11.8

996,540

850,137

17.2

TSMC Spokesperson:

Media Contacts:

Wendell Huang
Vice President and CFO
Tel: 886-3-505-5901

Nina Kao

Head of Public Relations

Tel: 886-3-563-6688 ext.7125036

Mobile: 886-988-239-163

E-Mail: nina_kao@tsmc.com

Hui-Chung Su

Public Relations

Tel: 886-3-563-6688 ext. 7125033

Mobile: 886-988-930-039

E-Mail: hcsuq@tsmc.com

Michael Kramer

Public Relations

Tel: 886-3-563-6688 ext. 7125031

Mobile: 886-988-931-352

E-Mail: pdkramer@tsmc.com


Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited


This is to report the changes or status of 1) revenue, 2) funds lent to other parties, 3) endorsements and guarantees, and 4) financial derivative transactions for the period of August 2021.

1.	Revenue (in NT$ thousands)
		Period	Items	2021	2020
		Aug.	Net Revenue	137,427,162	122,878,244
		Jan. ~ Aug.	Net Revenue	996,540,313	850,137,262

2.	Funds lent to other parties (in NT$ thousands)
		Lending Company		Limit of lending	Amount Drawn
					Bal. as of period end
		TSMC China*		68,431,879	24,052,000
		TSMC Global**		755,202,737	102,730,500
		* The borrower is TSMC Nanjing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC.
		** The borrower is TSMC.

3.	Endorsements and guarantees (in NT$ thousands)：
		Guarantor		Limit of guarantee	Amount
					Bal. as of period end
		TSMC*		497,946,450	2,310,417
		TSMC**			180,472,500
		TSMC***			900,141
		TSMC Japan Ltd.****		345,624	333,696
		* The guarantee was provided to TSMC North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC. The guarantee was provided to TSMC Global, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC. * The guarantee was provided to TSMC Arizona, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC. **** The guarantee was provided to TSMC Design Technology Japan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC.


4. Financial derivative transactions (in NT$ thousands)
	(1) Derivatives not under hedge accounting.
		‧TSMC
				Forward
		Margin Payment		-
		Premium Income (Expense)		-
		Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	165,892,312
			Mark to Market Profit/Loss	(1,285,939)
			Unrealized Profit/Loss	(3,317,467)
		Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	521,462,896
		Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	(1,551,481)
		Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N

		‧TSMC China
				Forward
		Margin Payment		-
		Premium Income (Expense)		-
		Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	29,841,883
			Mark to Market Profit/Loss	101,404
			Unrealized Profit/Loss	14,327
		Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	201,948,558
		Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	638,184
		Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N


	‧TSMC Nanjing
			Forward
	Margin Payment		-
	Premium Income (Expense)		-
	Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	16,345,577
		Mark to Market Profit/Loss	51,401
		Unrealized Profit/Loss	13,953
	Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	121,018,510
	Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	297,223
	Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N


(2) Derivatives under hedge accounting.
	‧TSMC
			Forward
	Margin Payment		-
	Premium Income (Expense)		-
	Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	-
		Mark to Market Profit/Loss	-
		Unrealized Profit/Loss	(1,144)
	Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	-
	Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	(40,272)
	Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N



‧TSMC Global
		Future
Margin Payment		(28,181)
Premium Income (Expense)		-
Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	2,212,871
	Mark to Market Profit/Loss	(5,023)
	Unrealized Profit/Loss	(3,849)
Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	14,623,826
Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	101,503
Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N