President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, which could hit Nvidia, one of TSMC's biggest customers.

Donald Trump's decision to place tariffs on Taiwan comes as China made significant breakthroughs with AI development.

The tariffs would ensnare cutting-edge smartphone and PC-related chips for Apple, AMD and Nvidia if enacted. But Trump is betting his plan will bring more chip production to the US.

"They left us and went to Taiwan," Trump said while speaking at the House Republican Issues Conference on Monday. "We want them to come back." Following his promise of tariffs, Tr

While the tariffs aim to boost domestic manufacturing, they are unlikely to divert production from Asia immediately.

In TSMC’s case, this is in the form of a $12 billion semiconductor factor in Arizona, supporting by a $6.6 billion CHIPS Act subsidy won last year. Since then, the semiconductor giant has pledged to build two more facilities in Arizona, bringing the company’s total planned investment to around $65 billion.

TSMC and Apple's partnership hasn't always been certain, with a new interview detailing how the company fended off an attempt by Intel to become Apple's chip foundry partner in 2011.

Taiwan's government will soon look at whether it needs to help its domestic industry over threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to put tariffs on semiconductors, Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Wednesday.

With exceptional cooling and faster clock speeds, the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM SOC is faster than the reference design and is a 4K gaming beast.

The arrival of NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPU lineup marks a notable step forward in graphics technology, and the GeForce RTX 5080 is intended as a carefully balanced option between raw power and accessibility.

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