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TSMC will charge more for chips made outside of Taiwan, possibly making devices more expensive

TSMC has warned customers such as Apple and NVIDIA that the prices of chips it makes outside of its Taiwan home base will be more expensive. That could result in devices the company's customers make becoming more expensive.

As the Financial Times points out, it’s more expensive for TSMC to manufacture chips outside of Taiwan (where over 90 percent of the planet’s most advanced semiconductors are made). In addition, the US government last week agreed to provide the company with$6.6 billion in funding under the CHIPS Act, which seeks to bolster semiconductor manufacturing in the country. An earthquake earlier this month is also expected to have a negative effect on the company’s profitability, as is its struggle to make the manufacturing of its most advanced 3nm chips more efficient.

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