TAIPEI, July 21 — The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, plans to raise chipmaking prices by up to 10 per cent from 2027 to offset rising costs for materials, manufacturing equipment, and overseas plant construction, Nikkei Asia reported today, citing multiple sources.
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The base price increases range from five per cent to 10 per cent, depending on the customer and product.
Mature-node production, covering 12-nm, 16-nm and 28-nm technologies, faces increases of up to 10 per cent.
Negotiations began in June and concluded in July, with new pricing set to take effect at the start of 2027.
When contacted by Reuters, a company spokesman said that TSMC does not comment on pricing.
"Our pricing strategy is strategic, not opportunistic. We will continue to work closely with customers and sell our value to them," the spokesman said.
Last month, TSMC's chief executive officer Che-Chia Wei said that he would like to hike prices, adding that the company would refrain from abrupt price hikes that some memory firms have imposed.
Last week, TSMC, widely regarded as a bellwether for artificial intelligence chip demand, surpassed market expectations to post a 77 per cent jump in second-quarter profit, touching a record high of NT$706.6 billion (RM89.35 billion).
