Jensen Huang couldn't get TSMC to return his calls. Then its founder called.
TSMC manufactures Nvidia's advanced AI chips.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faced a challenge early in his company's history when he struggled to get Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC to return his calls. Before Nvidia became an AI powerhouse, Huang was a startup founder seeking a manufacturer for the company's graphics chips. With limited foundry capacity, and some foundries requiring technology licensing, Huang found TSMC in the Yellow Pages and attempted to contact them repeatedly.
His calls went unanswered until he eventually wrote a letter to TSMC founder Morris Chang. After a long silence, Huang received a phone call from Chang, which led to a visit to TSMC in Taiwan. The 30-year partnership between Nvidia and TSMC has been characterized by mutual respect and commitment, with Chang assuring Huang that they would go to great lengths to support each other's endeavors.
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