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AMD CEO says U.S.-made TSMC chips are 5%-20% more expensive, but worth it


The U.S.'s push for domestic chip manufacturing is bearing fruit.

But when you really average it across everything else that you need to build this computing infrastructure, I think it’s a very good investment for us to make to assure that we have American manufacturing and resiliency.” AMD’s bigger rival, Nvidia, is also sourcing some of its Blackwell system production from the site. All these developments are a win for the U.S., as its push to bring back domestic semiconductor manufacturing is beginning to bear fruit, despite the slightly higher costs.

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