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Nvidia teams up with TSMC in silicon photonics development

Taipei, Jan. 18, 2025 – 

U.S.-based artificial intelligence chip designer Nvidia Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) have partnered with each other in silicon photonics development, according to Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of the American AI giant.

Speaking with reporters after he met with TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei in Taipei on Friday, Huang said his company was working with the world's largest contract chipmaker in silicon photonics but admitted it was unlikely for the cooperation to yield results anytime soon and both sides still needed several years to achieve concrete outcomes.

To have a stake in the silicon photonics supply chain, TSMC and Taiwan-based IC packaging and testing services provider ASE Technology Holding Co. have organized the Silicon Photonics Industry Alliance (SiPhIA), which is comprised of more than 30 Taiwanese companies.

Silicon photonics is known as the applications of photonic systems using silicon as a medium for optical transmission, which has some promising features, such as low power consumption, extensive transmission distance, and lower costs.

At a time when AI applications are booming, finding ways to cut energy consumption has become a focus.

Huang expressed gratitude to all of TSMC's employees for their support for Nvidia which he said has enabled his company to make a significant improvement in production as AI applications are in great demand.

In addition to TSMC, Huang also visited several of Nvidia's business partners in Taiwan.

During the visits, Huang said global demand for Nvidia's advanced Grace and Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs) was strong so he also thanked these Taiwanese partners for providing about 45 factories to help his company.

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