The world’s largest chipmaker told the BBC that inflation is increasing operating costs, but it did not rule out price increases. Since Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) produces the most cutting-edge chips created by firms like Nvidia, AMD, and Apple, any price hike might eventually affect the cost of AI infrastructure as well as the prices consumers pay for their electronics.
Wendell Huang, the company’s chief financial officer, stated that abrupt “fourfold, fivefold” price increases would not be implemented.He cited its “technology leadership” and “manufacturing excellence” as examples of how “we reflect our value.”
Huang refuted that the AI boom was a bubble and that the company’s international development was the result of geopolitical pressure in an extensive and exclusive interview. TSMC and the global chip industry are at the center of growing trade tensions between the US and China. Washington is pressuring top chipmakers to increase US production in order to secure vital supply chains.
The majority of the world’s most sophisticated chips—the small processors found in laptops, cellphones, and AI data centers—are made in Taiwan, the US ally and self-governing island that Beijing claims. During a recent conference with US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a warning that neglecting Taiwan might place the two giants’ relationship in a “very dangerous situation.
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