TSMC responds to the rumor that "wafer foundry prices will rise in January next year": do not comment on the price issue

CTOnews.com August 26 news, according to the Taiwan media Central News Agency, in response to the rumors of "wafer foundry price increases in January next year," TSMC responded this morning that it would not comment on the price issue.

Earlier, it was reported that in response to inflation and rising costs, TSMC will continue to increase wafer foundry prices from January next year, with an average increase of 3% for advanced processes and about 5% for mature processes.

Taiwan media pointed out that in the past, TSMC mainly expanded capital expenditure for advanced wafer processes, but in recent years, due to urgent customer demand, TSMC has also expanded capital expenditure for special processes. The legal person estimates that TSMC's production capacity in special processes will increase by 50%.

CTOnews.com learned that financial data show that TSMC's consolidated revenue in July was about NT $186.763 billion (about 42.022 billion yuan), an increase of 6.2% month-on-month and 49.9% year-on-year, a record high.

TSMC said frankly in a corporate lecture that it is necessary to observe manufacturing cost factors such as high raw material prices, advanced and mature process costs for investment, and overseas investment. In addition, pay attention to uncontrollable exchange rate variables. In the long run, the goal of a gross profit margin of more than 53% can still be achieved.