Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company are strengthening America’s artificial intelligence (AI) manufacturing base with a significant new milestone — the production of Nvidia’s first Blackwell wafer on U.S. soil. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited Taiwan Semiconductor’s semiconductor fabrication facility in Phoenix, Arizona, to celebrate the event, symbolizing the start of volume production for the company’s next-generation AI processors. Standing alongside Taiwan Semiconductor Vice President Y.L. Wang, Huang signed the inaugural wafer, marking what he described as a pivotal step in fortifying U.S. semiconductor supply chains. The Phoenix fab, now a cornerstone of America’s chip ambitions, produces advanced two-, three-, and four-nanometer chips used across AI, telecommunications, and high-performance computing. Among its output are A16 processors and the sophisticated Blackwell wafers that will undergo intricate layering, etching, and patterning to become Nvidia’s ultra-hi...