Why do chips cost so much

The price of the most advanced chips, such as microchips in electronics and technological devices, will rise by more than 10 percent. The less advanced ones, which are used by car manufacturers, among others, are facing a price increase of 20 percent.

There are only a handful of chip manufacturers in the world. The price increases serve a dual purpose for TSMC: in the short term, they depress demand and preserve supply for customers who have no other choice. In the longer term, the higher revenues will help TSMC to invest in new capacity. Which is urgently needed. More expensive But if it trickles into production country, it seeps through to consumer country.

And so you and I are going to have to pay more in the near future. If not for our car, then for our smartphone, game console, electric bicycle, or God bless a new electronic toothbrush. How much more? Analysts do not dare to speak out about this immediately. Despite the rise in prices for chips. That means that the higher costs were at least partly passed on.

Cars and Apple More demand and a disrupted supply. Cut so thin you can almost see through them, light on the tongue in their potato goodness, I could eat a whole bag at a sitting. In the late s, A-B decided to go big into the salty-snacks market, probably realizing that it was a made-in-heaven complement to selling beer, and probably also realizing that Frito-Lay was the only other national salty-snack brand to speak of. They launched Eagle Snacks the eagle being part of the A-B corporate logo , and spent heavily behind the brand for several years.

They had a pretty full line of potato chips, pretzels, etc. Thank the ridiculously high price of TV advertising. Chips and Breakfast Cereal both rely heavily on advertising campaigns and its incredibly expensive. Neither product costs much to manufacture. The real cost is packaging and advertising. Kettle chips are the way to go.

No no no. The capital outlay is offset by increased sales, not increased prices. Why are Lays potato chips so expensive? Cafe Society. I find them nasty, esp as compared to smaller boutique brands. Gold Standard Reference :rolleyes:.