Nvidia CEO meets Taiwanese suppliers

According to Digitimes, according to industry insiders, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is currently in Taiwan, China, to meet with suppliers and customers such as TSMC, hoping to tide over the current difficult period facing the industry together.

The source said that Huang Renxun will discuss with TSMC to adjust the 5nm and 4nm wafer start-up plans of Nvidia, as well as the cooperation between the two parties in 3nm process manufacturing.

Mr. Huang's trip to Taiwan, China also met with motherboard and graphics card manufacturers such as ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, etc., to discuss and share the current inventory status of RTX 30 series graphics cards, as well as their feedback. series of graphics cards.

In this regard, Nvidia said that Huang did not have any public itinerary during his time in Taiwan, China, and would only hold internal meetings with partners.

Huang has previously said that Nvidia will help its partners digest excess inventory. Nvidia also warned of a $1.32 billion charge "primarily for inventory and related reserves, based on revised expectations for future demand," which will show up in its fiscal second-quarter financial results.

Additionally, Nvidia recently revealed plans to "launch" the "RTX 4080 12GB." The company initially planned to release the RTX 4080 12GB and RTX 4080 16GB next month, but ultimately decided to release only the higher-spec ones.