Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited (TSMC; Chinese: 台灣積體電路製造公司; pinyin: T\xe1iwān Jī Tǐ Di\xe0nl\xf9 Zh\xecz\xe0o Gōngsī), also known as Taiwan Semiconductor, is the world's largest dedicated independent (pure-play) semiconductor foundry,[citation needed] with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan.