Taipei [Taiwan], August 22 (ANI): Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Taiwan on Friday for discussions with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), marking his third go to to the island nation this yr.
As per a report by Focus Taiwan, quickly after touchdown at Taipei Songshan Airport within the morning, Huang advised reporters that he would meet high executives at TSMC to evaluate Nvidia’s newest developments. The talks are anticipated to concentrate on the corporate’s new digital reality-related chips and upcoming merchandise, together with the Spectrum-X Phonics switches.
Calling TSMC ‘one of many biggest corporations within the historical past of humanity,’ Huang revealed that Nvidia is collaborating with the Taiwanese chipmaker on six new chips. These embody a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), and NVlink chips designed for change manufacturing.
Earlier this month, TSMC continued to safe main authorities assist throughout a number of international locations. According to a separate Focus Taiwan report, the corporate obtained subsidies totaling USD 2.23 billion (NTD 67.13 billion) from the United States, Germany, Japan and China through the first half of 2025.
The report famous that TSMC obtained USD 1.17 billion (NTD 35.15 billion) within the first quarter of this yr, adopted by USD 1.06 billion (NTD 31.98 billion) within the second quarter. Combined with the USD 2.49 billion (NTD 75.16 billion) it obtained in 2024, the corporate has now collected USD 4.7 billion (NTD 142.29 billion) in help from the 4 governments over the previous 18 months.
In the United States, TSMC’s Arizona subsidiary is increasing quickly with three superior semiconductor vegetation value USD 65 billion. The first manufacturing unit started mass manufacturing in late 2024 utilizing 4-nanometer expertise. Construction of the second facility has been accomplished, with manufacturing utilizing 3-nanometer chips anticipated quickly. Work can be underway on a 3rd website that can characteristic the corporate’s cutting-edge 2-nanometer and A16 course of applied sciences. (ANI)