Nvidia begins full production of Blackwell chip in Arizona

Jensen Huang, speaking on Sunday Morning Futures , said the Trump–Xi trade deal is the reason Nvidia can still sell its technology into China, while the company shifts production of the world’s fastest AI semiconductor chip to ￰0￱ details were discussed during an interview aired this week, according to the ￰1￱ made it clear that the deal kept China accessible at a time when the White House demanded that critical chip manufacturing return to the United ￰2￱ said the White House pushed the company from the moment President Donald Trump took office for the second time. “When President Trump first took office, he wanted us to manufacture these critical technologies on ￰3￱ wanted to re‑industrialize the United States,” Jensen ￰4￱ explained that Trump tied ￰5￱ in AI to physical control of the supply chain.

“He wants to have energy ￰6￱ wants to make sure that the United States is a leader in artificial intelligence.” The Trump–Xi agreement, Jensen said, prevented a full commercial cutoff with China while the ￰7￱ rebuilding advanced semiconductor manufacturing ￰8￱ begins full production of Blackwell chip in Arizona Jensen described AI as something much larger than a single product line. “AI is an industrial revolution, and this is the most important technology of our time, potentially the most important technology of all time,” he ￰9￱ linked the technology to applications across healthcare, robotics, manufacturing, science, and commercial industries that rely on machine models and computing ￰10￱ is why, he said, Nvidia needed to ensure the capability to manufacture its newest AI chip inside the ￰11￱ said Trump wanted the manufacturing shift done “at the speed of light.” Jensen told him Nvidia would do it in nine ￰12￱ partnered with TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron, Amkor, and SPIL to build the production chain necessary in Arizona.

“We’ve been able to manufacture now the most advanced AI chip in the world completely in the United States and Arizona,” Jensen ￰13￱ described how mechanical engineers, electricians, plumbers, and construction workers worked without pause to meet the deadline. “Nine months later, we’re now in volume production of the most advanced AI chip in the world.” Part of the production will supply ￰14￱ ￰15￱ company confirmed the chip is intended for national defense applications, in addition to commercial ￰16￱ said the cost of producing chips in the ￰17￱ higher than Taiwan, but that cost is expected to come down as manufacturing efficiency ￰18￱ said the first plants always carry the heaviest expense during the transition. $5 trillion valuation and expansion across multiple sectors Last week, Nvidia reached a $5 trillion market valuation, closing at $207.04 per share with a market value of $5.03 ￰19￱ said it took the company thirty years to build the technology base now driving AI ￰20￱ described this moment as the beginning of a long infrastructure cycle as organizations build out AI computing ￰21￱ Nvidia’s GTC conference in Washington, the company announced a $1 billion investment in Nokia for a 2.9% stake, a partnership with the Department of Energy to build seven new AI supercomputers, and new agreements across healthcare, transportation, and commercial enterprise ￰22￱ include Eli Lilly for drug research, Palantir for enterprise‑scale AI systems, and Uber for the development of a robo‑taxi ￰23￱ also explained why national security was part of the push to move production to Arizona.

“We can’t afford to have the critical manufacturing of things that are so important to national security being manufactured around the world and can’t be manufactured here.” He tied it to supply chain stability and long‑term employment in high‑skill ￰24￱ said production of chips and AI systems inside the ￰25￱ lead to “millions of jobs” over ￰26￱ said Trump’s three priorities guiding this policy are re‑industrialization, energy growth, and leadership in artificial intelligence, and that the Trump–Xi trade deal is what allowed Nvidia to continue operating in China while carrying out that policy inside the U. S. “These three initiatives are going to transform America’s position in the world completely,” said Jensen.

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