TSMC, like other chipmakers, has been struggling to meet demand amid a global semiconductor shortage that emerged in late 2020.
The chairman's remarks come as global institutions have lowered their forecasts for economic growth this year. The International Monetary Fund is set to trim its global forecast for 2022 in April due to the Ukraine war and macroeconomic uncertainty in a number of countries. The IMF previously estimated 4.4% global growth for the year. China, the world's second-largest economy, set a growth target of 5.5% this year, the lowest in 30 years.