Sorry guys not good news Chip prices rising by a further 10 - 20% according to Wall Street Journal

[Flake87]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/worlds...-threatening-costlier-electronics-11629978308

World’s Largest Chip Maker to Raise Prices, Threatening Costlier Electronics
TSMC to increase prices of most advanced chips by roughly 10%; less advanced chips will cost about 20% more

 

[pcuser]

Silicon is the new gold.

 

[Cooler running]

For now, sure, it's all a game of supply and demand with semi-conductors.
It'll probably net off below inflation in a few years, after demand becomes more predictable, until then it'll be rough.

The noises made by top gov officials are promising, we might even have a chip glut mid-to-late 2020's if the level of investment into fabs is what I expect will happen.

 

[Nathlm]

Brilliant, just as the GPU prices are starting to come down a little...
There's always something that's causing prices to spike.
If it weren't so well documented, I'd be calling a conspiracy.

 

[Nevakonaza]

It's really no surprise, now the big players know to what lengths people will pay for certain items, so do the company's that make the smaller component's for such items.