What is semiconductor pricing today?

The table on this page tracks reference semiconductor prices across foundry wafers by node, AI accelerators, advanced packaging, substrates and analog chips, each with a spot level, daily high and low, 30-day session high and low, and 30-day and year-over-year change.

How much does a semiconductor wafer cost?

Leading-edge 300mm wafers are the most expensive part of the chip supply chain: N2 is quoted around $30,000 per wafer, N3 around $20,000 and N5/N4 around $16,000, while mature 28nm sits near $2,800. Leading-edge wafer prices are negotiated per customer, so published levels are references rather than a public spot market.

Why are semiconductor prices rising?

Anything touched by the AI datacenter buildout — leading-edge wafers, CoWoS packaging, large-body ABF substrates and HBM — is capacity constrained and pricing up. Non-AI silicon such as mature-node wafers and automotive microcontrollers is still in a mild downcycle, so the semiconductor market is running two directions at once.

Why is this semiconductor price tracker labelled Beta?

Coverage outside memory is newer and a larger share of the book is modeled rather than reported. Every row carries a basis flag — reported, derived or estimate — and a source link, so you can see exactly which numbers are prints and which are models.

How does semiconductor pricing relate to memory prices?

Memory is the fastest-moving corner of the semiconductor market and the one with a real daily spot board. The DRAM, HBM and NAND trackers on MemoryIndex carry deeper history; this page puts those moves in the context of wafers, packaging and finished accelerators.

SEMICONDUCTOR PRICE TRACKER · UPDATED DAILYBeta

Semiconductor prices — live semiconductor pricing tracker

Foundry wafers by node, AI accelerators, advanced packaging, substrates and analog silicon — same stat model as the memory board.

Beta: semiconductor coverage outside memory is new. A larger share of this book is modeled than on the memory side — every row is flagged reported, derived or estimate with a source link. Read the methodology before citing anything here.

Quick answer: as of 1970-01-01, a TSMC N2 300mm wafer references near $30,000, N3 near $20,000 and mature 28nm near $2,800. Across the 14 tracked semiconductor contracts the basket is +0.77% over 30 days and +6.30% year over year — AI-exposed wafers, packaging and substrates up, mature-node and analog silicon down.

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14 tracked contracts · basket 30d +0.77% · basket YoY +6.30%

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Semiconductor prices — wafers, accelerators, packaging, substrates and analog chips
Contract	Price	Daily H / L	Session H / L	30d	YoY	AI demand	Source
TSMC-N2Foundry TSMC N2 (2nm) 300mm wafer First full year of N2 volume. Leading-edge wafer prices are negotiated per customer — this is the widely reported reference level. USD / wafer	$30,018	$30,114 $29,859	$30,114 $29,491	+0.09%	+11.11%	72.00%	Industry wafer-price reporting (TSMC N2 ramp, ~$30k/wafer) estimate · 2026-07
TSMC-N3Foundry TSMC N3 (3nm) 300mm wafer Workhorse node for AI ASICs and flagship mobile SoCs. Utilisation has stayed effectively full through the buildout. USD / wafer	$20,012	$20,069 $19,938	$20,069 $19,821	+0.62%	+5.26%	68.00%	Reported TSMC N3 reference wafer pricing reported · 2026-07
TSMC-N5Foundry TSMC N5/N4 300mm wafer Hopper- and Blackwell-class compute dies are built here. Demand has kept N5 priced like a leading-edge node well past its usual decay curve. USD / wafer	$15,987	$16,048 $15,941	$16,048 $15,806	+0.12%	+6.67%	80.00%	Reported TSMC N5/N4 reference wafer pricing reported · 2026-07
TSMC-N7Foundry TSMC N7/N6 300mm wafer The one node clearly rolling over: capacity freed by the N3/N2 migration is not being absorbed as fast as it is released. USD / wafer	$9,510	$9,544 $9,453	$9,594 $9,453	-0.13%	-2.06%	24.00%	Modeled from reported leading-edge decay curves estimate · 2026-07
MATURE-28Foundry Mature node 28nm 300mm wafer Chinese mature-node capacity keeps 28nm competitive. Weakest corner of the semiconductor pricing book. USD / wafer	$2,807	$2,833 $2,786	$2,844 $2,786	-0.09%	-6.67%	8.00%	Modeled mature-node foundry quoting estimate · 2026-07
GPU-B200Accelerator NVIDIA B200 accelerator (module) Allocation product sold in systems; unit pricing is channel-reported, not a public list. Memory content is now a large share of the BOM. USD / unit	$34,213	$34,566 $33,623	$34,566 $33,616	+2.25%	+9.68%	100.00%	Channel-reported Blackwell module pricing range ($30k-$40k) estimate · 2026-07
GPU-H200Accelerator NVIDIA H200 accelerator (module) Prior generation. Softening as Blackwell supply improves — the clearest downward trend in the accelerator book. USD / unit	$27,477	$28,004 $26,926	$28,004 $26,926	-1.25%	-8.33%	100.00%	Secondary-market and channel quotes estimate · 2026-07
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GPU-MI355XAccelerator AMD Instinct MI355X (module) Priced below Blackwell per unit; HBM3E content and CoWoS slots are the binding constraints, not logic dies. USD / unit	$25,156	$25,439 $24,770	$25,439 $24,685	+1.32%	+4.17%	100.00%	Channel-reported Instinct pricing estimate · 2026-07
CoWoS-LPackaging CoWoS-L advanced packaging The hard bottleneck of the AI buildout. Capacity roughly doubles each year and still clears at a premium. USD / interposer	$6,569	$6,686 $6,458	$6,686 $6,365	+2.57%	+18.18%	100.00%	Modeled from reported CoWoS capacity and AI packaging demand estimate · 2026-07
CoWoS-SPackaging CoWoS-S advanced packaging Older silicon-interposer flow, still used across HBM3E parts and Chinese and hyperscaler ASICs. USD / interposer	$4,216	$4,273 $4,128	$4,273 $4,107	+1.30%	+12.00%	96.00%	Modeled from reported CoWoS capacity and AI packaging demand estimate · 2026-07
ABF-SUBSubstrate ABF substrate (large-body, AI class) Large-body ABF for accelerator packages is sold out; layer counts and body size are rising faster than capacity. USD / substrate	$381	$389 $375	$389 $364	+2.18%	+22.58%	88.00%	Modeled from Ibiden/Unimicron capacity commentary estimate · 2026-07
ASIC-XPULogic Hyperscaler AI ASIC (TPU/Trainium class) Internal transfer economics rather than a merchant price. Included as a reference against merchant accelerators. USD / unit	$8,984	$9,150 $8,846	$9,150 $8,846	+0.92%	+5.88%	100.00%	Modeled internal-silicon cost, not a market print estimate · 2026-07
MCU-32Analog 32-bit automotive/industrial MCU Non-AI silicon is still in a mild downcycle — the counterweight to every AI-exposed row in this table. USD / unit	$3.16	$3.20 $3.14	$3.20 $3.14	-0.25%	-4.55%	4.00%	Modeled distribution pricing estimate · 2026-07
PMIC-DCAnalog Datacenter power-management IC Rack power density is pulling multi-phase PMIC content per server up faster than unit prices. USD / unit	$6.41	$6.51 $6.32	$6.51 $6.25	+1.19%	+14.29%	62.00%	Modeled distribution pricing estimate · 2026-07

Daily H/L is the current quote day's range; session H/L is the trailing 30-day quoting window. Last updated 1970-01-01 00:00Z.

How to read semiconductor pricing

Semiconductor prices are not one market. Foundry wafer pricing is a negotiated, per-customer contract market with reference levels that move once or twice a year. Advanced packaging and substrates behave like allocation markets — capacity, not price, clears demand. Accelerators are sold as systems, so unit pricing is channel-reported. Only memory has a genuine daily spot board, which is why the DRAM, HBM and NAND trackers here carry finer-grained history than this page does.

The split running through the whole table: anything attached to the AI datacenter buildout is priced tight, and everything else — mature-node wafers, microcontrollers, trailing-edge logic — is still working off a downcycle.

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Semiconductor pricing FAQ

What is semiconductor pricing today?: The table on this page tracks reference semiconductor prices across foundry wafers by node, AI accelerators, advanced packaging, substrates and analog chips, each with a spot level, daily high and low, 30-day session high and low, and 30-day and year-over-year change.
How much does a semiconductor wafer cost?: Leading-edge 300mm wafers are the most expensive part of the chip supply chain: N2 is quoted around $30,000 per wafer, N3 around $20,000 and N5/N4 around $16,000, while mature 28nm sits near $2,800. Leading-edge wafer prices are negotiated per customer, so published levels are references rather than a public spot market.
Why are semiconductor prices rising?: Anything touched by the AI datacenter buildout — leading-edge wafers, CoWoS packaging, large-body ABF substrates and HBM — is capacity constrained and pricing up. Non-AI silicon such as mature-node wafers and automotive microcontrollers is still in a mild downcycle, so the semiconductor market is running two directions at once.
Why is this semiconductor price tracker labelled Beta?: Coverage outside memory is newer and a larger share of the book is modeled rather than reported. Every row carries a basis flag — reported, derived or estimate — and a source link, so you can see exactly which numbers are prints and which are models.
How does semiconductor pricing relate to memory prices?: Memory is the fastest-moving corner of the semiconductor market and the one with a real daily spot board. The DRAM, HBM and NAND trackers on MemoryIndex carry deeper history; this page puts those moves in the context of wafers, packaging and finished accelerators.