The Apple A19, the A19 Pro, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 rely on TSMC's cutting-edge N3P process node. According to a new report out of China, TSMC has increased the price of N3P by around 20% vs the previous gen. This price increase seems to have affected Qualcomm and MediaTek the worst.
  • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    8·
    24 days ago

    Moreover, TSMC is also reportedly increasing the price of the 2 nm process node by “at least” 50% due to large R&D costs and the yield. This will directly impact flagship smartphone SoCs next year, as the unit cost is expected to reach as high as $280. TSMC is also reportedly offering no “discount or bargaining strategy”.

    What are TSMC’s client’s going to do, go to Samsung? That being said $280 just for smartphone SoC fabrication/packaging a is a lot.

    • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      23 days ago

      To be honest, why do we need to have the latest and greatest in our smartphones. I am running a 4 year old phone with a mid-range processor and my complaint is not with the CPU/GPU prowess but with the decaying battery that I cannot swap.

      Other than that, monopoly is bad for consumers, as there are not really other companies that can counter TSMC at the moment.