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The root cause is that TSMC raised prices in everyone. Since Intel GPUs are again TSMC manufactured, you really aren't going to see price improvements unless I
by dragontamer 4y ago
The root cause is that TSMC raised prices in everyone.
Since Intel GPUs are again TSMC manufactured, you really aren't going to see price improvements unless Intel subsidizes all of this.
- andrewstuart 4y ago>> The root cause is that TSMC raised prices in everyone. This is not correct.
- dragontamer 4y agohttps://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-ups-chip-production-prices-by-10-to-20-percent https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-ups-chip-production-p...
- andrewstuart 4y agoYou are correct that the manufacturing cost has gone up. You are incorrect that this is the root cause of GPU prices being sky high. If manufacturing cost was the root cause then it would be simply impossible to bring prices down without losing money. The root cause of GPU prices being so high is lack of competition - AMD and Nvidia are choosing to maximise profit, and they are deliberately undersupplying the market to create scarcity and therefore prop up prices. "AMD 'undershipping' chips to help prop prices up" https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-undershipping-chips-to-help-prop-prices-up/ https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-undershipping-chips-to-help-prop... "AMD is ‘undershipping’ chips to balance CPU, GPU supply Less supply to balance out demand—and keep prices high." https://www.pcworld.com/article/1499957/amd-is-undershipping-chips-to-keep-cpu-gpu-prices-elevated.html https://www.pcworld.com/article/1499957/amd-is-undershipping... In summary, GPOU prices are ridiculously high because Nvidia and AMD are overpricing them because they believe this is what gamers will pay, NOT because manufacturing costs have forced prices to be high.
- margorczynski 4y agoIsn't this price fixing? And if so, can this be prosecuted?