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HardwareCA / Silicon Valley·Ranked Thursday, April 9, 2026

AI's next bottleneck: Why even the best chips made in the U.S. take a round trip to Taiwan

Advanced chip packaging becomes next AI bottleneck, favoring Taiwan's capabilities.

AI's next bottleneck: Why even the best chips made in the U.S. take a round trip to Taiwan
Nvidia has reserved the majority of TSMC’s most advanced packaging capacity. The lesser-known chipmaking step may become the next bottleneck for AI.
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