SMIC co-CEO Zhao Haijun says the company raised prices following negotiations with customers in Q1, and that it will charge more for wafers processed in Q3 (Reuters)

<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-chipmaker-smic-increases-prices-strong-ai-demand-2026-08-14/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260814/i1.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260814/p1#a260814p1" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-chipmaker-smic-increases-prices-strong-ai-demand-2026-08-14/">SMIC co-CEO Zhao Haijun says the company raised prices following negotiations with customers in Q1, and that it will charge more for wafers processed in Q3</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; China's top foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (0981.HK), said on Friday that AI-related demand would continue &hellip; </p>