TSMC warns of a price hike for its chips and Apple, its largest customer, is unhappy

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TSMC warns of a price hike for its chips and Apple, its largest customer, is unhappy

Apple has reportedly refused to accept a price increase from its sole chip supplier, TSMC.The Taiwanese chip giant has been planning to increase its prices by six to nine percent, depending on the fabrication process.In August this year, it was reported that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the company largely responsible for the custom chip needs of US tech giant Apple Inc, was raising prices of nearly all advanced processes around…