NVIDIA has revealed its first Blackwell wafer manufactured in the United States, assembled at TSMC’s semiconductor facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The wafer serves as the base material for NVIDIA’s next-generation AI chips and marks a move to strengthen domestic chip production.
The company announced its Blackwell platform last year, with commitments from tech companies like Amazon, Google, and OpenAI to adopt the architecture. NVIDIA stated the platform is more powerful and provides 25 times lower cost and energy consumption compared to its predecessor. By manufacturing the wafers in the U.S., NVIDIA can better insulate itself from evolving tariffs and geopolitical tensions.
“It’s 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,” said Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s founder and CEO. With the Blackwell architecture ready for volume production, NVIDIA is also working to expand its manufacturing footprint in the U.S.
Earlier this year, NVIDIA detailed plans to invest half a trillion dollars to build AI infrastructure in the country through partnerships with TSMC, Foxconn, and other companies.
