First NVIDIA Blackwell Wafer Made in the USA Comes Off TSMC’s Arizona Line

NVIDIA and TSMC celebrated the first NVIDIA Blackwell wafer produced in the USA on October 17, 2025, at TSMC’s semiconductor plant in Phoenix, Arizona. NVIDIA said the milestone means Blackwell, its most advanced AI chip architecture, has reached volume production there.

The milestone

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang signed the wafer onstage with Y.L. Wang, TSMC’s vice president of operations. NVIDIA said TSMC Arizona will produce two-, three- and four-nanometer chips as well as A16 chips. Huang said NVIDIA plans to build up to half a trillion dollars of AI infrastructure in the USA over the next four years with partners including TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron, Amkor and SPIL.

“To go from arriving in Arizona to delivering the first U.S.-made NVIDIA Blackwell chip in just a few short years represents the very best of TSMC.”

Ray Chuang, CEO, TSMC Arizona

NVIDIA noted that the wafer, the base material for semiconductors, still goes through layering, patterning, etching and dicing before it becomes a finished AI chip.

Why it matters for Made in USA

Advanced chips have been made almost entirely in Asia. Making the wafer in Arizona moves the most valuable step of production into the USA.

A wafer is not yet a finished product, though. Packaging, testing and assembly into servers can happen in other places. Where a finished chip or server can honestly be called USA-made depends on where those later steps happen, so watch the claims as more of the supply chain moves to the USA.

FAQ

Where was the first USA-made Blackwell wafer produced?

At TSMC’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona.

Is the wafer a finished chip?

No. NVIDIA said it still goes through layering, patterning, etching and dicing before it becomes a finished chip.

What else will TSMC Arizona make?

Two-, three- and four-nanometer chips and A16 chips, according to NVIDIA.