Two people familiar with the matter said that Samsung Electronics has raised the price of new orders for some advanced chip foundry services to 15%. Due to a surge in demand for artificial intelligence chips, production capacity in the OEM business is tightening. This price increase marks a turning point in Samsung's foundry business. According to industry estimates, the business has been in the red since 2022. Although Samsung achieved record profits driven by soaring memory chip prices, its foundry division has been struggling to close the gap with TSMC. People familiar with the matter said that Samsung raised the price of chips manufactured using its 4 nm process in July. The price of wafers produced by its 5-nm process increased by 10% to 15%, while the price of wafers produced using the older 8-nm process increased by nearly 10%. Samsung declined to comment, saying that the company would not disclose specific details on operational matters.

Two people familiar with the matter said that Samsung Electronics has raised the price of new orders for some advanced chip foundry services to 15%. Due to a surge in demand for artificial intelligence chips, production capacity in the OEM business is tightening. This price increase marks a turning point in Samsung's foundry business. According to industry estimates, the business has been in the red since 2022. Although Samsung achieved record profits driven by soaring memory chip prices, its foundry division has been struggling to close the gap with TSMC. People familiar with the matter said that Samsung raised the price of chips manufactured using its 4 nm process in July. The price of wafers produced by its 5-nm process increased by 10% to 15%, while the price of wafers produced using the older 8-nm process increased by nearly 10%. Samsung declined to comment, saying that the company would not disclose specific details on operational matters.