After TSMC, Samsung might follow suit in raising chip prices.

$Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US)$ $SAMSUNG EL 144(SSNGY.US)$ The move may lead to the likes of $NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$ , IBM, Qualcomm and others passing the cost on to customers.

For Samsung, sources are claiming that the South Korean foundry is considering a price hike of between 15-20% which will come into effect in the second half of the year.

Apparently legacy nodes will be hit hardest, in terms of pricing.Chipmakers are generally facing increased production costs amid several global issues, ranging from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Covid-19 lockdowns in China to inflation and rising interest rates.