It’s safe to say that much of the world’s semiconductors run on designs built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). At the latest estimate, the company is said to constitute about 64 percent of the world’s contract chip manufacturing. These designs are also powering many of the AI technology breakthroughs that NVIDIA is driving.
With that in mind, it might come as little surprise that Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s CEO, had nothing bad to say about TSMC during its recent company Sports Day. In fact, Huang went as far as to say that NVIDIA wouldn’t exist without TSMC.
Huang made these comments during the recent TSMC Sports Day event, as reported by the online news outlet Focus Taiwan. This past weekend, Huang attended the event at a stadium in Taiwan. There, he highlighted TSMC’s crucial role in NVIDIA’s history and its broader impact on technology.
Huang stated,
“Without TSMC, there is no Nvidia today. You are really the pride of Taiwan, and you are also the pride of the world. Thank you for helping me build Nvidia.”
NVIDIA and TSMC have been collaborating for nearly 30 years. NVIDIA has leveraged the technological breakthroughs developed by TSMC in its own products, including its cutting-edge Blackwell AI chips.
With such a long history of success together, Huang undoubtedly has a strong interest in maintaining friendly relations with TSMC—especially given the tensions between TSMC, the Taiwan region, and the United States government on trade and export issues.
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