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.
Taiwanese company charges more to fellow Taiwanese company than it does to an American company. Very interesting way to move your country forward.