A Look at Nvidia's Chip Fabrication Facilities
One of Nvidia's key chip production facilities is located in Santa Clara, California, where the company's headquarters are located. This facility is primarily focused on research and development, with some manufacturing capabilities for prototype chips. The Santa Clara facility is home to some of the most talented engineers and designers in the industry, who work tirelessly to develop new GPU architectures and optimize existing designs. While Nvidia's Santa Clara facility is primarily focused on research and development, the company's chip fabrication sites located elsewhere handle the bulk of the manufacturing process. One of Nvidia's key partners in this regard is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry. Nvidia has been working with TSMC for many years to produce their GPUs, with the partnership becoming even more significant in 2020 when Nvidia announced that they would be using TSMC...