The price increase of TSMC chips would affect the cost of the iPhone 13

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As we can read in a report published in DigiTimes a few hours ago, the Cupertino company could raise the price of the iPhone 13 due to the increased cost of the Chips manufactured by TSMC, your main supplier. Logically this news is not officially confirmed but it is possible that the increase in the manufacturing price of the less than 7nm processors is directly added to the buyer.

TSMC chip price increase will affect iPhone 13 price

It is initially shown in this report published by DigiTimes and shared by the site iPhonehacks web, that TSMC will increase the prices of its processors of less than 7nm between 3 and 10%, this would logically affect the final price of the device since it will be an extra cost for the Cupertino company and logically it will end up affecting the consumer of the new iPhone 13.

For processors that are manufactured with the 16nm process and earlier, the price increase indicated by TSMC could be up to 20% according to the cited source. Apple currently manufactures its M1 chip and its A14 Bionic chip using TSMC's 5nm process and it is possible that it will also arrive for the A15 that will be used in the next generation of iPhone over the next year.

This same report cites some market sources warning that the price increase may also affect the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models We have been seeing rumors for so long. All this mess of price increases is preceded by the significant shortage of semiconductors that exists today and not only affects mobile devices, we have also seen a shortage of these components in the manufacture of automobiles, forcing even to stop production lines ... We will see If this price increase is finally a lot or a little, but we believe that in the event of a rise it would not be very remarkable, we will see.


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