On the evening of May 10th, according to media reports in Taiwan Province of China, TSMC, a large foundry company, informed customers on May 10 that it will comprehensively increase foundry prices from January next year, an increase of about 6%. However, the Nikkei Asian Review reported that the price increase ranged from 5% to 8%. MoneyDJ reports show that the increase is 5% to 10%.

?? "Nikkei Asian Review" reported according to 6 people familiar with the matter, TSMC plans to increase mature and advanced process prices, and the price increase will be implemented in January 2023. Relevant persons pointed out that from advanced to mature nodes, products including processors, Netcom chips, sensors, microcontrollers and power management ICs, etc. In this expected price increase plan, prices will be increased according to different process technologies5 %~8%. The advance notice of TSMC is to give customers some buffer time to prepare for price adjustments.

?? "Nikkei Asian Review" said that TSMC's reasons for raising prices are the pressure of inflation concerns, rising costs, and its own large-scale expansion plans to help alleviate the problem of global supply shortages.

According to MoneyDJ's report, TSMC has recently notified IC customers of the upcoming price increase, so that customers can be psychologically prepared. According to statistics from many IC design companies, in January next year, the price increase for mature processes will be higher, up to 10%, while the increase in advanced processes will be around 5%. The industry pointed out that the price negotiation between TSMC and customers includes not only one factor, but also the length of the delivery period. The more popular the process and the shorter the delivery period, the higher the price.

?? Regarding the price increase news, TSMC said that it will not respond to price issues. Some TSMC IC design factory customers have confirmed that they have received notices of price increases, but they are reluctant to talk about relevant details in a low-key manner.

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