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U.S. Will Take Years to Reach Chip Independence, Nvidia C.E.O. Says

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, said that he believed the United States was at least a decade away from breaking its dependence on chips created overseas.

1 00:00:00,000 —> 00:00:01,940 “There is a big debate, as you know, 2 00:00:01,940 —> 00:00:04,430 about chip independence. 3 00:00:04,430 —> 00:00:06,530 The big investment that we’re making in chips 4 00:00:06,530 —> 00:00:10,250 to manufacture here in the United States, 5 00:00:10,250 —> 00:00:13,340 whether we should be exporting certain types of chips 6 00:00:13,340 —> 00:00:15,710 to China. 7 00:00:15,710 —> 00:00:17,960 Where are we on the journey of being 8 00:00:17,960 —> 00:00:20,660 chip independent, if you will, and do you 9 00:00:20,660 —> 00:00:23,310 think that is a worthy goal?” 10 00:00:23,990 —> 00:00:27,650 “We we are somewhere between a decade or two decades away 11 00:00:27,650 —> 00:00:31,630 from supply chain independence. 12 00:00:31,630 —> 00:00:34,510 And as I mentioned earlier, our system 13 00:00:34,510 —> 00:00:37,420 comes 35,000 parts and eight of them 14 00:00:37,420 —> 00:00:40,583 come from TSMC, and the supply chain, 15 00:00:40,583 —> 00:00:42,710 when you think through it, they’re in Taiwan.” 16 00:00:42,710 —> 00:00:43,527 “Of course.” 17 00:00:43,527 —> 00:00:44,465 “There are a lot in Taiwan. 18 00:00:44,465 —> 00:00:45,590 They’re all over the world. 19 00:00:45,590 —> 00:00:47,173 But supply chain independence is going 20 00:00:47,173 —> 00:00:48,910 to be really challenging, you know? 21 00:00:48,910 —> 00:00:50,990 We should try it, we should endeavor it. 22 00:00:50,990 —> 00:00:54,480 I mean, we should absolutely go down the journey of it.”

U.S. Will Take Years to Reach Chip Independence, Nvidia C.E.O. Says

By The New York TimesNovember 29, 2023

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, said that he believed the United States was at least a decade away from breaking its dependence on chips created overseas.

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