AMD could be facing another round of cost pressures as rising manufacturing and component prices continue to ripple through the PC industry.

The company has already been dealing with higher costs on the graphics side. Late last year, AMD reportedly warned its Radeon board partners that GPU prices could increase by at least 10% as DRAM and GDDR memory costs climbed. Another report in August indicated that GPU and memory bundles were becoming at least 10% more expensive for board partners.

Now, a separate source of pressure is reportedly emerging at the manufacturing level.

TSMC pricing could add to AMD’s costs

According to ChannelGate, TSMC has increased its foundry quotations by around 10% as manufacturing costs continue to rise. AMD relies heavily on TSMC to manufacture a significant portion of its chips, meaning higher wafer costs could potentially affect several parts of the company’s product portfolio.

The impact on Ryzen processors, however, remains unconfirmed. There has been no official announcement of a Ryzen price increase, and the latest reports do not specifically state that AMD plans to raise CPU prices.

Still, if AMD’s manufacturing costs continue to increase, consumer processors could eventually face additional pricing pressure. Exactly how much of those higher costs would be passed on to customers remains unclear.

Motherboard costs are rising too

AMD’s reported chipset pricing could also add pressure to an already expensive motherboard market.

A separate supply-chain report from August suggested that the cost of PCBs used in motherboards could rise by at least 50% by the end of 2026. Other components, including capacitors, controller chips, VRMs and copper heatsinks, were also expected to become more expensive.

Those increases have already contributed to higher motherboard prices from major manufacturers such as Asus, MSI and Gigabyte. If AMD increases chipset pricing as reported, motherboard manufacturers could face yet another cost increase.

 

Intel is facing similar pressure

AMD isn’t the only CPU manufacturer dealing with rising costs. Intel is reportedly preparing another increase of roughly 10% for some client processors beginning October 5, following earlier price increases this year.

Taken together, the situation is putting pressure on almost every major component of a new PC. RAM and SSD prices remain elevated, graphics cards have become more expensive, motherboard costs are climbing, and CPU prices could also come under pressure.

For PC builders, that could make the timing of a new build increasingly important. However, AMD’s potential Ryzen price increases remain unconfirmed, so buyers should treat those reports as a possibility rather than an established price change.