Intel’s former CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has praised the news that data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/nvidia-and-tsmc-produce-the-first-blackwell-wafer-made-in-the-u-s-chips-still-need-to-be-shipped-back-to-taiwan-to-complete-the-final-product” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/nvidia-and-tsmc-produce-the-first-blackwell-wafer-made-in-the-u-s-chips-still-need-to-be-shipped-back-to-taiwan-to-complete-the-final-product”>Nvidia’s latest Blackwell GPUs are now being produced at its Arizona facility. It’s important, he said, for the most cutting-edge silicon supply chains to be resilient, and that such moves would also help Nvidia develop and iterate faster and bigger into the future.
This comes as somewhat of a surprise, as it was under Gelsinger’s leadership that Intel data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ceo-intel-test-chip-results-for-next-gen-process-look-good” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ceo-intel-test-chip-results-for-next-gen-process-look-good”>pushed so hard for Nvidia fabrication contracts. To date, Intel Foundry Services hasn’t…
