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Samsung Foundry Is Said to Increase 4- and 5-nm Prices by Around 15 Percent
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Fusion42 · 12 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Samsung Foundry is reported to be raising prices for advanced-node manufacturing (4nm and 5nm processes) by approximately 15 percent for new customers, reflecting a shift from capacity-constrained foundry market dynamics driven by AI and HPC demand.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Semiconductors.
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If you're designing anything at 4nm or 5nm—AI accelerators, automotive chips, networking silicon—your foundry bill just went up 15 percent and your negotiating power went down. Samsung and TSMC are no longer competing on price; they're rationing capacity to the highest-margin customer, and you need to decide whether to absorb the cost, redesign for older nodes, or find a different fab.
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