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What is the risk for Nvidia if TSMC diseaper? Wouldn't they simply switch supplier and pick the second best option?


Then they'd have to use Samsung or Intel. Both are a bit behind TSMC, but the main issue is that TSMC has a massive amount of capacity so chips would become very, very expensive.


GPUs would go backwards a few generations for 5-10 years. Also supply shock on other industries would double the prices of chips for vehicles. Eg covid 3.0


That would not only be incredibly expensive, but there would be a period while quality catches up.




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