Prior to TSMC's October 15 earnings call, the company is reportedly in talks with Elon Musk's Terafab for a potential partnership including a new Texas fab, signaling an expansion of its U.S. presence beyond Arizona. TSMC raised 2026 capex guidance to $60-64 billion and plans spending over the next three years to significantly exceed the prior three-year period, with analysts expecting price hikes of 5-15% for advanced nodes and packaging in 2027. Competition with Intel's 14A is intensifying as TSMC's A14 pilot production may start in 1Q27, and Intel's EMIB-T advanced packaging gains orders from MediaTek. For financial institutions, these developments indicate rising capex and pricing power at the dominant foundry, which directly affects semiconductor supply costs and the economics of AI infrastructure build-out.
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