NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang credits Taiwanese partners including TSMC, Foxconn, and Wistron for making America’s AI chip manufacturing renaissance possible, acknowledging their crucial role in the Blackwell chip production success.
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Key Taiwanese Partners
| Partner | Role | Investment |
|---|---|---|
| TSMC | Wafer fabrication | $165 billion Arizona |
| Foxconn | Assembly Houston | Multi-billion |
| Wistron | Assembly Dallas | Multi-billion |
| Amkor/SPIL | Advanced packaging | Significant |
Nine Months Achievement Milestone
Within nine months of President Trump’s request to bring manufacturing home, NVIDIA successfully produced Blackwell wafers—the world’s most advanced AI chips—completely in Arizona through unprecedented collaboration with Taiwanese supply chain partners.
TSMC’s Arizona facility achieved what seemed impossible just years ago: manufacturing cutting-edge 3nm process technology on American soil. This represents the largest foreign direct investment in US history, creating 40,000 construction jobs and thousands of high-tech manufacturing positions.
Taiwan’s Supply Chain Expertise
Jensen Huang emphasized during a Fox News interview that achieving “Made in USA” status wouldn’t have been feasible without Taiwanese partners’ day-and-night efforts establishing facilities. These companies rebuilt their manufacturing capabilities, institutional knowledge, and supply chain ecosystems from scratch in Texas and Arizona.
For tech industry observers, this demonstrates how critical Taiwan remains to global semiconductor supply chains despite geopolitical pressures pushing diversification.
Complex Supply Chain Reality
AI chip manufacturing demands the most advanced packaging, assembly, and testing technologies worldwide. NVIDIA’s partnership expands beyond TSMC to include Foxconn building supercomputer assembly plants in Houston, Wistron establishing facilities in Dallas, and Amkor plus SPIL handling advanced packaging operations.
Mass production ramps up within 12-15 months, with NVIDIA planning to produce $500 billion worth of AI infrastructure in the US over four years.
Political Implications
President Trump celebrated NVIDIA’s announcement as the “Trump effect,” praising the American-made chip boom. However, the reality remains that Taiwanese companies—not American firms—are doing the heavy lifting: hiring, training workers, managing unions, and recreating entire ecosystems that operated smoothly in Asia for decades.
This marks a forced technology transfer, similar to Apple’s diversification from China to India and Vietnam, where Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron rebuilt iPhone manufacturing capabilities.
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FAQs
Are NVIDIA chips now fully made in America?
Blackwell wafers are fabricated in Arizona, but assembly, packaging, and testing still rely heavily on Taiwanese expertise and facilities.
How much is TSMC investing in US manufacturing?
TSMC committed $165 billion to Arizona operations, including three fabs, two packaging plants, and an R&D center.
