AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, processors and graphics cards: prices will continue to rise

If the availability of processors
and graphics cards
needs to improve, nothing is less sure about their prices.

As early as September 2021, Lisa Su had considered a possible improvement in the situation in the graphics card market. The boss of AMD explained that the tensions around the availability of products should be less important during the second half of 2022.

Indicative prices that no longer mean anything

Just a few days ago, it was Colette Kross, the financial director of NVIDIA, who went there with her reassuring verse. It then specified that production levels had increased significantly over the year 2021 and that they would continue to do so in 2022, improving the actual availability of graphics cards.

Problem, we are only talking here about availability and not at all about the incredible prices we are faced with, and this, without even needing to mention the case of scalpers. No, at official retailers, the indicative prices given by the manufacturers are absolutely not respected and, generally, cards are found two to three times more expensive.

TSMC increases the cost of 5 / 7 nm

Unfortunately, the pricing situation should not improve anytime soon and the drop expected by many users could well be postponed indefinitely if we are to believe the latest information published by the site. DigiTimes.

Its journalists explain that the one who remains one of the main founders has increased the entry ticket for its engraving processes in 5 nm and 7 nm. Techniques that serve as the basis for current and next generations of CPU / GPU. Inevitably, such increases will have an impact on the price of all components manufactured by TSMC.

Components, some of which do not yet have a launch date and even less “official prices”. So, we can expect AMD Ryzen 6000/7000, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4000 and Intel ARC Alchemist to be very expensive. Pricing is hard to tell, but TSMC has increased its quotes by 10-20%.

Source: Tom’s Hardware