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title: "UMC, Vanguard (VIS) and other chip foundries are poised to raise prices 5%-20% for mature 8-inch waf"
description: "UMC, Vanguard (VIS) and other chip foundries are poised to raise prices 5%-20% for mature 8-inch wafer production due to strong AI-related demand for power management chips (PMICs) and as giants TSMC "
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locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/100000000398214.md"
published_at: "2026-01-14T01:33:49.000Z"
author: "[AI Gossip](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/17581203)"
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# UMC, Vanguard (VIS) and other chip foundries are poised to raise prices 5%-20% for mature 8-inch waf

UMC, Vanguard (VIS) and other chip foundries are poised to raise prices 5%-20% for mature 8-inch wafer production due to strong AI-related demand for power management chips (PMICs) and as giants TSMC and Samsung reduce 8-inch output to use cleanroom capacity for more advanced chip manufacturing, media report, citing unnamed analysts and market researcher TrendForce. $Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US) $United Microelectronics(UMC.US) $GlobalFoundries(GFS.US) $SSNLF #VIS #Samsung

Source: Dan Nystedt

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