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An AI policy expert expects Jensen Huang’s departure from Nvidia to have little effect on TSMC or other Taiwanese suppliers. His reasoning: Nvidia’s product line, business and engineering workforce remain strong, even as markets weigh the leadership change.

Ryan Fedasiuk, a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, gave that assessment in an interview with Focus Taiwan. It is a forecast, not evidence that the supply chain has already weathered any disruption. For TSMC, the distinction matters: concern about a major customer’s leadership is not the same as a change in orders.

Discuss: How much weight should suppliers and investors give one expert’s confidence when the succession process is still under way?

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