AI has ignited a new industrial revolution.<\/p>\n
NVIDIA and TSMC are working together to build the infrastructure that powers the world\u2019s AI factories, right here in America.<\/p>\n
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang today visited TSMC\u2019s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Phoenix to celebrate the first NVIDIA Blackwell wafer produced on U.S. soil, representing that Blackwell has reached volume production.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s AI infrastructure are now being constructed domestically.<\/p>\n
This bolsters the U.S. supply chain and onshores the AI technology stack that will turn data into intelligence and secure America\u2019s leadership for the AI era.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a historic moment for several reasons. It\u2019s 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,\u201d Huang said at the event. \u201cThis is the vision of President Trump of reindustrialization \u2014 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo 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,\u201d said Ray Chuang, CEO of TSMC Arizona. \u201cThis milestone is built on three decades of partnership with NVIDIA \u2014 pushing the boundaries of technology together \u2014 and on the unwavering dedication of our employees and the local partners who helped to make TSMC Arizona possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The wafer \u2014 the base material for semiconductors \u2014 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Onshoring World-Class AI Chipmaking to American Soil<\/p>\n
America-based manufacturing is crucial to meeting the growing demand for AI.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition, NVIDIA plans to deploy its advanced AI, robotics and digital twin technologies to design and operate new U.S. manufacturing facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n