Nvidia is rumoured to be first in line to use TSMC's ultra-advanced A16 chip node, although it's AI GPUs that'll likely see the benefit first

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks while holding the company's new GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards and a Thor Blackwell robotics processor during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

Somewhat surprisingly, Nvidia doesn't have much of a track record when it comes to using cutting-edge silicon. But a new report claims that's about to change dramatically, with Nvidia planning to be the very first to use TSMC's next-next gen A16 node.

Taiwanese outlet CTEE claims that Nvidia will be the first to adopt TSMC's A16 node due to competition from AMD, in part for what it calls HPC or high performance chips built on TSMC's upcoming N2 node and due out this year.