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Chinese chipmaker SMIC increases prices on strong AI demand

10 reports · 9 domains · 4.5× the usual spread · 14 August 2026 → 16 August 2026

Carried more widely than almost anything else in the last 30 days

Reports

10

Domains carrying it

9

First reported

14 August 2026

Latest report

16 August 2026

◆ Sectors

Semiconductors

◆ Where

China

◆ Timeline

  1. 14 August 2026Chinese chipmaker SMIC increases prices on strong AI demandwmbdradio.com
  2. 15 August 2026SMIC weighs new capacity as AI chip orders book into 2027aiweekly.co
  3. 16 August 2026Chinese firm sees 93.7% capacity use as high demand drives chip shortagesinterestingengineering.com

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10 reports · 9 domains