Samsung Said to Hike Chip Manufacturing Prices by Up to 20 Percent

Samsung Electronics is the world's second-largest chip contract manufacturer.

By Reuters | Updated: 13 May 2022 17:51 IST

Samsung Said to Hike Chip Manufacturing Prices by Up to 20 Percent

The move from Samsung is expected to be applied from the second half of this year

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Samsung is the world's second-largest chip contract manufacturer
TSMC has forecast an up to 37 percent
Samsung's chip contract manufacturing was greater

Samsung Electronics is in talks with clients about hiking prices for chip contract manufacturing by up to 20 percent this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

The move, expected to be applied from the second half of this year, is part of an industry-wide push to raise prices to cover rising materials and logistics costs, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Contract-based chip prices are likely to rise around 15 percent to 20 percent, depending upon the level of sophistication, with chips produced on legacy nodes likely to face bigger hikes, Bloomberg said, adding Samsung had completed negotiations with some clients while still in discussions with others.

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Samsung Electronics declined to comment.

The company is the world's second-largest chip contract manufacturer, after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC).

TSMC has forecast an up to 37 percent jump in current-quarter sales, saying it expects chip capacity to remain very tight this year amid a global chip crunch that has kept order books full and allowed chipmakers to charge premium prices.

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Samsung said in an earnings call in late April that major customers' demand for its chip contract manufacturing was greater than its available capacity, and it expected the supply shortage to continue.

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