alt Hacker NewsNvidia already did. They and Apple were the two primary investors in TSMC's Arizona plant.
Kissing ass gets you in the door with TSMC, but it doesn't protect you from other people outbidding the product you want.
Nvidia already did. They and Apple were the two primary investors in TSMC's Arizona plant.
Kissing ass gets you in the door with TSMC, but it doesn't protect you from other people outbidding the product you want.
> Kissing ass gets you in the door with TSMC
No, but being a long term partner gets you preferential treatment.
TSMC has literally been cutting Apple special lower pricing deals while signaling that given Nvidia's extravagant margins, they expect them to pay more per wafer than a normal customer.
> TSMC hints at price increase for Nvidia as response to its booming AI hardware business
https://www.techspot.com/news/103325-tsmc-hints-increasing-c...