Nvidia has raised orders 25% for TSMC to manufacture its latest Al chips, Blackwell-architecture GPUS, on 4nm process, media report, citing unnamed supply chain sources, who also said production of the new chips will begin soon and could prompt TSMC to raise full year guidance. Strong demand for Al servers with the new Nvidia chips is being driven by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, server maker Dell, more.
Shipments of GB200 NVL72 and GB200 NVL36 servers are expected to rise 50% to 60,000 units, up from prior estimates of 40,000, of which GB200 NVL36 servers will account for 50,000 units. GB200 NVL36 servers are expected to cost US$1.8 million on average, with GB200 NVL72 servers at $3 million on average, the report says.