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NVIDIA Plans US Supply Chain Investment Worth Hundreds of Billions, "Blackwell" Already Manufactured in Arizona

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NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang made some interesting commentary for the Financial Times, stating that the company will procure over half a trillion US Dollars worth of electronics over the next four years, and it it plans to keep hundreds of billions from the supply chain procurement in the US. "Overall, we will procure, over the course of the next four years, probably half a trillion dollars worth of electronics in total. And I think we can easily see ourselves manufacturing several hundred billion of it here in the US," said Jensen for FT. NVIDIA currently manufactures its silicon at TSMC's facilities, as well as electronics like motherboards and servers at Foxconn. However, the geopolitical situation is making NVIDIA reconsider its supply chain dependencies, and the company is looking for more US-based manufacturing.

NVIDIA confirmed that its latest "Blackwell" series of GPUs, including the latest Blackwell Ultra, are being manufactured at TSMC's Arizona facilities. TSMC announced a $100 billion investment in its Arizona expansion, and NVIDIA is ready to take up more of TSMC's capacity to meet its ever-growing demand for GPUs. During the GTC 2025 event, Jensen noted that only four cloud service providers will use 3.6 million GPUs this year. That is without any AI labs and enterprises, which are massive consumers of GPUs (xAI only has 200,000 GPU clusters). To continue manufacturing excellence so customers won't suffer, NVIDIA is also looking at other options for supply chain manufacturing partners. Intel, the only US-based company capable of producing advanced silicon, is a potential target for NVIDIA. "We evaluate their foundry technology on a regular basis, and we are ongoing in doing that... We look for opportunities to be a customer of theirs... I have every confidence that Intel can do it," added Jensen, who also stated that NVIDIA is interested in silicon manufacturing and chip packaging services, as Intel's Foveros 3D packaging and other technologies are attractive for Team Green.



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NVIDIA confirmed that its latest "Blackwell" series of GPUs, including the latest Blackwell Ultra

Blackwell Ultra? These the ones with full ROP's? :)
 
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and we'll be paying for all those billions, well not me but the gamers in general. The 7090 will cost 7000usd, 9090 around 10K, is my best bet at this moment, i doubt i will be far off.

they better start optimising games better or i won't even buy games anymore if my 3060ti can't play it.
 
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and we'll be paying for all those billions, well not me but the gamers in general. The 7090 will cost 7000usd, 9090 around 10K, is my best bet at this moment, i doubt i will be far off.

they better start optimising games better or i won't even buy games anymore if my 3060ti can't play it.

Well if buyers of AI / LLM accelerators are willing to pay those prices, why would Nvidia cater to penny pinching gamers that calculate if the more costly graphics card really brings as much performance increase as it is more expensive?

I wouldn't be surprised if instead of next generation in 2 years we only get rebrand of this one? Even Blackwell is for certain models basically just a Lovelace rehash.
 
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Well if buyers of AI / LLM accelerators are willing to pay those prices, why would Nvidia cater to penny pinching gamers that calculate if the more costly graphics card really brings as much performance increase as it is more expensive?

I wouldn't be surprised if instead of next generation in 2 years we only get rebrand of this one? Even Blackwell is for certain models basically just a Lovelace rehash.

Hey Nvidia and AMD make their financial decisions and i make mine.

But i also won't forget. And it's also fair to point out that Nvidia only exists because penny pinchers like me made them what they are since the riva tnt days, and if the AI crap ends or they find a quantum adamantium nuclear processor or some other shit to do a better job at it, they will need the penny pinchers again.

I bet you the penny pinchers will outlive Nvidia.
 
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I bet you the penny pinchers will outlive Nvidia.

Sure, but the whole PC Gaming is a huge, complex and costly ecosystem. Several big studios are now in big financial troubles, and it's not just because of their political preferences. It wouldn't take much for the whole structure to collapse, with survivors looking elsewhere for their business.

People not purchasing new GPUs won't hurt Nvidia even a tiny bit now, with "Gaming and AI PC" less than 6% of the revenue (how much if that is just Gaming?). But people not following hardware upgrades also often don't spend their money on costly new hard to run games, focusing on what they have and maybe rummaging through sales bins for older games they haven't played yet.
 
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I bet you the penny pinchers will outlive Nvidia
The Company, maybe....

But Jacket Man.....not a chance, since he is just an AI-contruct of a so-called real person, which means he/it is eternal, just like their greed ! :roll:
 
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Sure, but the whole PC Gaming is a huge, complex and costly ecosystem. Several big studios are now in big financial troubles, and it's not just because of their political preferences. It wouldn't take much for the whole structure to collapse, with survivors looking elsewhere for their business.

People not purchasing new GPUs won't hurt Nvidia even a tiny bit now, with "Gaming and AI PC" less than 6% of the revenue (how much if that is just Gaming?). But people not following hardware upgrades also often don't spend their money on costly new hard to run games, focusing on what they have and maybe rummaging through sales bins for older games they haven't played yet.
Where did you get your numbers?

nVidia's revenue for FY 2024 was $60.9 billion. $10.4 billion of that came from the GeForce division. How do you get 6% from that?


and we'll be paying for all those billions, well not me but the gamers in general. The 7090 will cost 7000usd, 9090 around 10K, is my best bet at this moment, i doubt i will be far off.

they better start optimising games better or i won't even buy games anymore if my 3060ti can't play it.
Riiiiight.....because increasing capacity INCREASES prices. SMH.

I notice this a lot, why is it when someone tries to fix a problem, some people begin pearl clutching about how everything is going to be horrible? It's such a negative way of looking at the world.
 
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Where did you get your numbers?

nVidia's revenue for FY 2024 was $60.9 billion. $10.4 billion of that came from the GeForce division. How do you get 6% from that?

Yes, in a year that's true.

But situation is evolving rapidly, and in fourth quarter of 2024, the revenue was$39.3 billion, of which Data Center: $35.6 billion, Gaming and AI PC: $2.5 billion, so 6.36%. And fourth quarter results are usually the highest yearly results for Gaming, with start of the school year, Black Friday and holiday sales.

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Riiiiight.....because increasing capacity INCREASES prices. SMH.

I notice this a lot, why is it when someone tries to fix a problem, some people begin pearl clutching about how everything is going to be horrible? It's such a negative way of looking at the world.


riiiight those costs will be passed to consumers, who do you think pays for stuff?

People not purchasing new GPUs won't hurt Nvidia even a tiny bit now, with "Gaming and AI PC" less than 6% of the revenue (how much if that is just Gaming?). But people not following hardware upgrades also often don't spend their money on costly new hard to run games, focusing on what they have and maybe rummaging through sales bins for older games they haven't played yet.

for now sure, it won't hurt jacket man, but you never know the future. The dead companies bin if full of companies that once were all big an mighty
 
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Yes, in a year that's true.

But situation is evolving rapidly, and in fourth quarter of 2024, the revenue was$39.3 billion, of which Data Center: $35.6 billion, Gaming and AI PC: $2.5 billion, so 6.36%. And fourth quarter results are usually the highest yearly results for Gaming, with start of the school year, Black Friday and holiday sales.

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Another person who doesn’t know the difference between a fiscal quarter and a yearly quarter, yet tries to use it to prove something. JFC the dates are on the freaking center of the slide.

What school year starts in November?

I’m assuming you missed the part six months ago when Nvidia stated in the financial disclosure that gaming would be down in 4Q25 due to supply constraints also.
 
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Another person who doesn’t know the difference between a fiscal quarter and a yearly quarter, yet tries to use it to prove something. JFC the dates are on the freaking center of the slide.

What school year starts in November?

I’m assuming you missed the part six months ago when Nvidia stated in the financial disclosure that gaming would be down in 4Q25 due to supply constraints also.

The latest Nvidia’s financial report was for a last quarter in 2024, which they label Q4 FY25 (Ending Jan. 25). Nvidia’s fiscal year starts in end of January, is labelled with the year it ends in, and is a constant source of confusion to many people.
 
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