<p>➀ TSMC is planning to increase the price of its most advanced semiconductor wafers by up to 15% this year.</p><p>➁ The increase is attributed to rising production costs and potential U.S. tariffs.</p><p>➂ The price hike could further deviate the final product from the Moore's Law curve.</p><p>➃ TSMC is expected to start raising prices from the 7nm node, with the cost of a wafer approximately $10,000.</p><p>➄ The company's most privileged client, Apple, currently pays $18,000 per 3nm wafer.</p><p>➅ The new tariffs could push the price of 3nm wafers up to $20,000 to $23,000 per wafer.</p><p>➆ Higher wafer prices have already led to higher equipment prices, but performance improvements have been less impressive.</p><p>➇ The recent iPhone chip did not significantly outperform its predecessor, and the Nvidia RTX 50 series is one of the most disappointing graphics cards in recent years.</p><p>➈ TSMC plans to start producing 4nm chips in Arizona this year and aims to produce 3nm and 2nm nodes in the next decade.</p><p>➉ There are rumors that TSMC will build a 1nm super wafer factory in Tainan, Taiwan.</p>