[Despite TSMC's Planned Price Increase for Mature Nodes, IC Design Firms Still Seek More Capacity Next Year] BlockBeats News, July 13, according to Taiwan's *Economic Daily News*, following the price hikes for advanced nodes, IC design companies have revealed that TSMC plans to raise wafer foundry prices for mature nodes starting January next year. Even so, in order to continue expanding their operational scale, negotiations for next year's wafer foundry capacity allocations will still aim to secure more capacity support than this year. IC design firms stated that earlier this year, the price increases for mature nodes at packaging and testing plants and other wafer foundries outside of TSMC led to higher IC production costs. They have already negotiated product price increases with clients. If TSMC confirms the price hike for mature nodes next year, further negotiations with clients to raise prices will be inevitable. Clients, in turn, will find ways to pass on the increased costs to their own customers, creating a chain reaction. Click the link below to access the original article and join the Beating · Feishu AI News Channel for 24/7 global AI news and updates. [Original Link]