US manufacturing of Nvidia GPUs is underway and CEO Jensen Huang is celebrating the first Blackwell wafer to come out of TSMC's Arizona chip factory. However, to be part of a complete product, those chips may need to visit Taiwan.
Nvidia first announced plans to produce chips at Fab21 just six months ago..
Speaking during an event in Phoenix on Friday, Huang lauded TSMC's manufacturing prowess while pandering to US President Donald Trump's America First agenda.
"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," he said.
But while the silicon may be homegrown, Nvidia remains reliant on Taiw