- Trump has introduced a 90 -day pause on rates, excluding China
- There is still a base rate of 10% and a 25% rate on semiconductor goods
- Nvidia and her companies associated with TSMC are clear for now
Nvidia and its fierce AMD have had their increase in third -party GPU prices to unprecedented levels in recent months, due to a mixture of scallar, high demand with limited availability and rates, however, a new measure can stop GPU inflation due to worsening.
As reported by CNBC, Trump has implemented a 90 -day pause on rates, excluding China. However, a 10% tariff on imports to the US and a 25% tariff on semiconductor goods (which includes our beloved GPU) are still active, so we are not yet outside the forest.
While it does not change exactly for consumers looking to buy new GPU, what it means is that the new rates that could They have been imposed on products such as GPUs will not have a terrible impact (at least, for the next 90 days).
As previously reported by PCMAG, fortunately, they were left intact in terms of additional tariffs: it is something worth pointing, since many GPU manufacturers are headquarters or manufactured in rates regions.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), which is the main subcontracting of NVIDIA to manufacture its GPU chips, it was previously warned that it would pay 100% taxes if it did not move at least part of its manufacturing arm to the US. They use the TSMC leaves in the clear for now.
Companies such as Razer also paused laptop sales, along with others such as Nintendo, which arrested anticipated order plans for Switch 2 in the United States. Now, there is a better possibility that sales are normal, but I must say that I doubt this happens soon.
This is good news, but nothing will change with respect to the ridiculous gpu prices
Essentially, the greatest conclusion here is that NVIDIA, AMD and many other companies that trust the TSMC process have dodged a bullet: what that means for US consumers is the possibility that the price of PC hardware (especially GPUs) suddenly shoots to even more extreme amounts is less likely without an immediate more tariff threat.
However, this does not mean that the new price increases are impossible, and we have seen that this occurs recently with the RX 9070 RX 9070 series members of AMD. Long before the tariffs were an important conversation issue, the GPUs were already constantly sold for more than their launch price, probably derived from a high demand and limited availability, caused by a combination of the factors that I listed earlier and the new hunger of hardware for AI companies.
PC players have already shown that they will buy GPU, regardless of how much they are covered: it is evident in multiple online retailers, with GPU above their launch price, and are still exhausted.
The most important thing does not expect a significant change in a positive direction, the current panorama of the GPU market inflation, but the 90 -day break will certainly cool tensions, so that is something.
