TSMC Arizona Celebrates NVIDIA Chip Production
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Powering Global AI Production

NVIDIA and TSMC are partnering to build the infrastructure that powers global AI production, right here in Arizona. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visited TSMC’s Phoenix facility to celebrate the first U.S.-produced NVIDIA Blackwell wafer, marking the start of volume production. The event highlighted how manufacturing advanced AI technology in America will drive innovation, strengthen the supply chain, and reinforce the nation’s leadership in the semiconductor industry.

AI has ignited a new industrial revolution.

NVIDIA and TSMC are working together to build the infrastructure that powers the world’s AI factories, right here in America.

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang today visited TSMC’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Phoenix to celebrate the first NVIDIA Blackwell wafer produced on U.S. soil, representing that Blackwell has reached volume production.

Onstage at the celebration, Huang joined Y.L. Wang, vice president of operations at TSMC, to sign the Blackwell wafer, commemorating a milestone that showcases how the engines of the world’s AI infrastructure are now being constructed domestically.

This bolsters the U.S. supply chain and onshores the AI technology stack that will turn data into intelligence and secure America’s leadership for the AI era.

“This is a historic moment for several reasons. It’s the very first time in recent American history that the single most important chip is being manufactured here in the United States by the most advanced fab, by TSMC, here in the United States,” Huang said at the event. “This is the vision of President Trump of reindustrialization — to bring back manufacturing to America, to create jobs, of course, but also, this is the single most vital manufacturing industry and the most important technology industry in the world.”

“To go from arriving in Arizona to delivering the first U.S.-made NVIDIA Blackwell chip in just a few short years represents the very best of TSMC,” said Ray Chuang, CEO of TSMC Arizona. “This milestone is built on three decades of partnership with NVIDIA — pushing the boundaries of technology together — and on the unwavering dedication of our employees and the local partners who helped to make TSMC Arizona possible.”

The wafer — the base material for semiconductors — will go through a complex process of layering, patterning, etching and dicing before taking shape as the ultra-high-performance, accelerated AI chip the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture offers.

TSMC Arizona will produce advanced technologies including two-, three- and four-nanometer chips, as well as A16 chips, all essential for applications like AI, telecommunications and high-performance computing.

Onshoring World-Class AI Chipmaking to American Soil

America-based manufacturing is crucial to meeting the growing demand for AI.

Today’s achievement marks a huge step forward in semiconductor manufacturing and AI development in the U.S., paving the way for sustained American leadership in artificial intelligence. NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs offer exceptional performance, return on investment and energy efficiency for AI inference.

In addition, NVIDIA plans to deploy its advanced AI, robotics and digital twin technologies to design and operate new U.S. manufacturing facilities.

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About TSMC

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited or Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world’s largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, and its country’s largest company, with headquarters and main operations located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Although the central government of Taiwan is the largest individual shareholder, the majority of TSMC is owned by foreign investors. In 2023, TSMC served 528 business customers and manufactured 11,895 products for various applications covering a variety of end markets including high performance computing, smartphones, the Internet of Things (IoT), automotive, and digital consumer electronics.

About NVIDIA

Founded in 1993, NVIDIA is the world leader in accelerated computing. The invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, revolutionized accelerated computing, ignited the era of modern AI, and is fueling industrial digitalization across markets. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing infrastructure company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

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