Since the Trump administration took office, efforts to bring manufacturing back to the US have influenced almost every tech giant, with NVIDIA leading the way. The firm announced plans to invest $500 billion in American manufacturing, prompting suppliers like Foxconn and Quanta to set up manufacturing facilities in the US. In a blog post shared by Team Green, it is revealed that TSMC Arizona has begun manufacturing Blackwell on American soil, and Jensen Huang himself paid a visit to Phoenix to celebrate this massive achievement.
NVIDIA’s CEO was also joined by the CEO of TSMC Arizona, Ray Chuang, who celebrated the Taiwan giant’s rapid progress on manufacturing in the US. The Blackwell chip wafer being produced in Arizona means that NVIDIA and its partners have brought the production of the world’s most advanced AI chips to America. If someone had discussed this achievement a few years ago, it would’ve been seen as impossible at that time. More importantly, NVIDIA also states that TSMC plans to introduce “two-, three- and four-nanometer chips, as well as A16 chips,” into Arizona.
For those unaware, TSMC Arizona announced its development into Blackwell production back in April, and the firm has managed to produce the first chip wafer in just six months, which is yet again a standard only the Taiwan giant can achieve. Of course, wafer is one of the crucial stages of manufacturing, but it is also followed by processes such as “layering, patterning, etching, and dicing” before it turns into deployable AI chips.
It appears that TSMC’s US operations will continue to grow from hereon. More importantly, the chip giant has revealed intentions to introduce cutting-edge processes in the US, such as the A16 (1.6nm), which means that America is emerging as the next semiconductor hub, alongside Taiwan.
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