Su: US-fabricated chips will carry a low double-digit cost premium
Dr. Lisa Su · Winning the AI Race Part 3: Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, James Litinsky, Chase Lochmiller · Jul 23, 2025 · at 16:42
Dr. Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, estimates the manufacturing cost premium for domestic semiconductor production compared to Taiwan.
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“Not, not 50% more. I mean, look, it, it's gonna be, you know, more than five percent, but, you know, let's call it less than 20%. So low, low, low double, let's say low double digits.”
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