How Nvidia and TSMC began a 30-year alliance by choosing who to work with

Nvidia’s 30-year partnership with TSMC began with a choice grounded in core values and long-term trust rather than manufacturing terms, according to CEO Jensen Huang. He said selecting the right partner to solve future problems mattered more than trying to control every variable through contracts. In an Oct. 17 interview with Lex Clips, Huang recounted his first contact with TSMC founder Morris Chang and how the relationship between the two companies developed. Huang said Nvidia was searching for a foundry in 1996 as the personal computer revolution drove demand for semiconductors. Many chipmakers had entered the foundry business, but access to their manufacturing capacity could require customers to license their technology. After hearing that TSMC and UMC offered manufacturing without such conditions, Huang repeatedly called TSMC’s U.S.

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