$Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US)$, the world's largest contract chipmaker and a key supplier for $Apple (AAPL.US)$ and $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$, released an impressive financial report on January 18 and beat both market expectations and its own guidance, leading to a surge of 9.79% in its stock price. It also inspired other chip stocks to rise and pushed the chip index to approach its historical high during the trading session. B...