Comment on 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

Archangel1313@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean, if you compare a ton of tropical wood or fruit to a ton of microchips, the value of the latter is so much better, that this is not such a problem. There will still be some logistical overhead even if much of the processes will happen in the USA. These are supply chains more complex than anything in our daily lives.

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• confuser@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think it could pressure the us to produce more things fully domestically

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  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If that were possible, they wouldn’t be shipping the back to Taiwan for final processing.

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    • confuser@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I meant like it puts pressure on the us to make things so they can make things on their own

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      • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        But if they can’t make those things on their own, then that added pressure just breaks things, making them less efficient and more expensive.

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