NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang did not hesitate to declare refuge on TSMC.
Before returning to the United States on the 28th, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang (Huang Renxun) sat down with media to address some pressing industry topics. While questions arose regarding the former TSMC senior executive Luo Weiren, Huang shifted the focus onto the resilience and depth of TSMC as a global semiconductor leader and firmly said that success cannot be tied to any single person.
TSMC Built not Just on People, but on Culture
Regarding Luo Weiren, Huang said he "was not really involved in details." However, he took the opportunity to thoroughly defend his manufacturing partner. Rather, TSMC was built upon a deep corporate culture and huge intricate technological systems – not defined by any one person.
According to Huang, the operation of TSMC is extremely complicated and goes well beyond the mere transistors and process nodes; it has to do with operational management and business planning interspersed with successful integration. "As a company that manufactures chips for the entire world, every aspect of TSMC is actually technology," Huang reaffirmed his trust for their continued prosperity, warning that such endorsement should not be used to suppress or reduce the company's value to one event or one employee.
Guaranteeing Security and Trade Secrets
Huang publicly guaranteed TSMC's security protocols saying, "TSMC has done an excellent job of protecting our sensitive information and we have never had any concerns." There have been serious discussions across the industry as to how major players safeguard their sensitive technology.
Modern Technology Complexity
He spoke about all of these curves necessary to establish an integrated operation he called it highly [successful] integration. All those technologies between chips to systems to final software development is far more than GPUs-very complicated, Huang said, adding that it took 33 years to develop such integration. Hence, the core technology is extremely difficult for a competitor to actually understand or copy replication-wise easily.
Hopes for Celebration at Year-End
Humanly, Huang mentioned that he plans to return to Taiwan in January for the company's year-end party. In his brief discussion of talent retention, Huang emphasized a culture of "striving together and sharing together." He also jokingly mentioned the much-anticipated draw red envelopes in his employees' lucky draw, hinting that he funds them personally. As employees work harder to earn success for the company, Huang remarked, "the boss also has to work harder to afford them."
