On Thursday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (NYSE:TSM) fourth-quarter results beat forecasts, fueled by demand for advanced processor node technologies for artificial intelligence applications. The contract chipmaker, which supplies chips for Nvidia Corp’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) graphics processing unit (GPU) and Apple, Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) smartphones, guided first-quarter revenue above the consensus. Taiwan Semiconductor reported fourth-quarter revenue of $26.88 billion (NT$868.46 billion), up