Nvidia AI Chip Production Lands in the US to Avoid Trump's Tariffs

Nvidia announced this week it had begun producing chips at factories in Arizona and would build supercomputers in Texas, bringing the manufacturing of the key processing hardware behind generative AI to the US. The news comes as tariffs announced by President Donald Trump have spurred anxiety about the cost of importing technology and products historically manufactured overseas. Most of the tariffs announced this month have been put on hold after a major stock market decline, and the Trump administration exempted some electronics, including phones and computers, from certain tariffs over the weekend. Read more: Buy or Wait Guide: How Tariffs Will Change Tech Prices and What to Do Now Semiconductors might not escape tariffs for long. Trump, posting on his own social media site Truth Social on Sunday, said his administration would be "taking a look at" semiconductors and the electronics supply chain, suggesting more tariff changes ahead. But this move started long before the presiden ... Read full article.