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TSMC's average wafer prices increased by over 15% each year since 2019, report suggests — gross profit margins increase by 3.3x in 2025 alone, facing no real challengers

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(Image credit: TSMC) TSMC's average selling prices (ASPs) for its wafers have increased 15.9% annually from 2019 to 2025. Additionally, gross profit margins per wafer rose rapidly to 3.3x throughout 2025, according to SemiAnalysis. This increased margin reflects TSMC fully leveraging its market-leading position and broad ecosystem to command higher product pricing, which in turn drives downstream effects, including higher end-product pricing. T…
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TSMC's average wafer prices increased by over 15% each year since 2019, report suggests — gross profit margins increase by 3.3x in 2025 alone, facing no real challengers

EUV lithography era in chipmaking began in 2019 and there are no signs that this is going to stop as process technologies are getting more complex. However, there are fundamental reasons why TSMC's quotes are rising quicker than its costs and its customers are not leaving for other foundries.

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Tom's Hardware broke the news in on Monday, December 29, 2025.
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