According to a report by DigiTimes, TSMC’s 3nm particleboards will be much more expensive than expected. The increase in chip prices will indirectly affect the costs of the new generation processor and graphics card and will increase the prices of the products.25 percent raise from TSMC
The report states that TSMC will significantly increase its 3nm plate prices due to its dominance in the chip manufacturing space and the lack of competition in the 3nm process process yet. TSMC’s 7nm plate prices rose from $10,000 to $16,000 when 5nm was passed. With the new 3nm process, chip prices are expected to rise by 25 percent to $20,000 or even more. This means that new generation graphics cards and processors will be even more expensive.
Apple, Nvidia, AMD and many other companies are among the main customers of TSMC. Nvidia has increased the prices between 10 percent and 50 percent in the new generation graphics cards already available. AMD, on the other hand, went to chiplet design in its chips and managed to balance prices by using different production processes.TSMC has consolidated its technological superiority in the semiconductor industry. This situation reinforces the commitment to TSMC. On the other hand, Samsung, one of the leading competitors of TSMC, states that the 3nm (GAP) process will be ready for mass production by 2024. Samsung’s current 3nm process is not efficient and performance enough for now. On the other hand, let’s mention that Intel also has breakthroughs in the semiconductor field and aims to attract Nvidia or AMD to their ranks.
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