TAIWAN — Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, plans to raise chipmaking prices by up to 10 percent from 2027, two sources familiar with the matter said late on Tuesday.
One of the sources said the move is to offset rising costs for materials, manufacturing equipment and overseas plant construction.Nikkei Asia first reported the price increase plan on Tuesday.The base price increases up to 10 percent, depending on the customer and product, according to the sources.Mature-node production, covering 12-nanometer (nm), 16-nm and 28-nm technologies, faces increases of up to 10 percent, the sources said.Advanced node production, under 6-nm, also faces increases of up to 10 percent, one of the sources said.Negotiations began in June and concluded in July, with new pricing set to take effect at the start of 2027, Nikkei Asia reported.“Our pricing strategy is strategic, not opportunistic. We will continue to work closely with customers and sell our value to them,” the spokesman said.TSMC CEO C.C. Wei said in June 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-percent jump in second-quarter profit, touching a record high of NT$706.6 billion ($22 billion).
