Taipei, Aug. 22 (CNA) Jensen Huang (黃仁勳), founder and CEO of artificial intelligence chip designer Nvidia, is in Taiwan to visit Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to discuss his company's new products.
It was the third visit Huang has made to Taiwan this year.
Soon after his plane landed at Taipei Songshan Airport on Friday morning, Huang told reporters that he will meet with top TSMC executives to discuss Nvidia's latest virtual reality-related chips and its plan to launch new devices, including Spectrum-X Phonics switches.
Describing TSMC as "one of the greatest companies in the history of humanity," Huang said Nvidia is also working with TSMC on six new chips, including a central processing unit, a graphics processing unit, and NVilink chips used in switch production.
"All of these chips are now in TSMC's fabs," Huang said. "I came to thank all of the people for working hard for me."
Huang said he will have dinner with TSMC's executives and after the dinner, he will leave Taiwan to wrap up the brief trip.
On his last visit to Taiwan in May, Huang had dinner with TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei (魏哲家) and other executives, and the meeting lasted three hours.
Nvidia is one of the most important clients of TSMC as the Taiwanese chipmaker is able to meet the U.S. company's needs to roll out the next generation high efficiency chip.
Currently, Nvidia's mainstream AI GB200 chip uses TSMC's advanced 4NP process, a performance-focused enhancement of the 5-nanometer technology platform. The upcoming Rubin platform will adopt TSMC's 3nm process, the most advanced technology being mass produced.
Asked to comment on reports that the U.S. government may be eyeing a stake in TSMC, Huang said anyone who wanted to buy TSMC stock is a very smart person as "TSMC is a very good investment."
