You can be sure that whatever TSMC does next, the rest of the industry will follow. Unfortunately, it looks like this major player in chip manufacturing is set to raise its prices by as much as 10% in 2027.
This is due to both the rising cost of materials as well as the company’s overseas fab construction projects (such as the already booked up though not even built yet 2nm fab in Arizona). Price increases ranging between 5 to 10% will affect various chip production services offered by TSMC (via Nikkei Asia). Sources also claim that extra orders of high-performance computing chips not otherwise accounted for in customers’ original forecasts will incur a 10 to 15% premium on top.
The services affected include TSMC’s 7nm and more advanced fabrication processes. As TSMC accounts for over 70% of the global semiconductor foundry market, Big Tech will have little choice but to pay the bill when it’s due.
Waiting until the start of 2027 to raise its prices is considered a less aggressive move within the industry (especially in light of memory prices being predicted to rise by as much as 50% in Q3 of 2026). Indeed, we’ve already seen more than our fair share of price increases this year already.