Mitsui Mining & Smelting (Mitsui) recently announced an increase in copper foil prices, raising concern within the South Korean industry. Given that copper foil is a core material...
TSMC has made adjustments to its foundry quotations for 2025 to clients to alleviate the effects of gross margin losses caused by high operating costs in overseas facilities and 2nm...
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has announced a 20% price increase for the PlayStation 5 (PS5) and its accessories due to escalating costs of components such as semiconductors...
TSMC has notified clients of a 3-8% price increase for its 5nm and 3nm process manufacturing in 2025 to reflect escalating costs, according to sources at IC design houses.
With the memory shortage expected to resolve in the second half of 2024, price hikes for memory are also anticipated to abate, according to CEO Chang Chia-Kun of Apacer Technology,...
Contract market prices for memory chips are still expected to increase in the third quarter of 2024 despite the sluggish trading in the spot market, according to industry sources.
DRAM spot prices will resume the same growth trend as contract prices after August, according to sources at Taiwan-based memory module manufacturers, who are optimistic about their...
Major chipmakers have already allocated production capacity for DDR5 chips in 2024, suggesting that prices are unlikely to decrease. DDR5 prices have room for another 10-20% increase...
China-based CCL maker Kingboard Laminates has notified customers of immediate price hikes to reflect growing raw materials costs, according to industry sources.
Memory manufacturer Micron Technology expects memory prices will continue climbing throughout 2024 and that pricing will increase significantly in the coming quarters.
Many Chinese semiconductor firms have told customers they are raising prices due to rising costs of precious metals, such as gold and copper, according to industry sources.
