- Trump has introduced a 90-day break on tariffs excluding china
- There is still a 10% Basic Ariff and a 25% Customs on Semi -Manager Products
- Nvidia and fellow companies that are collaborated with TSMC are in the clear for now
Nvidia and its hard rival AMD have had their third -party GPU prices migration to hitherto unprecedented level in recent months, due to a mixture of scalping, high demand with limited accessibility and tariffs -but a new measure can stop GPU inflation from deterioration.
As reported by CNBC, Trump has implemented a 90-day break on tariffs, excluding China. However, a 10% duty on imports to the United States and a 25% duty on semiconductor products (which includes our beloved GPUs) is still active – so we’re not out of the forest yet.
While it doesn’t exactly change much for consumers who want to buy new GPUs is what it means the new tariffs that could have been imposed on products like GPUs do not have a terrible influence (at least in the next 90 days).
Fortunately, as previously reported by PCMAG, GPUs were left untouched with regard to further tariffs: It is worth noting, as many GPU manufacturers either have headquarters or manufacture in customs regions.
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), which is NVIDIA’s most important outsourcing to make its GPU chips, was previously warned that it would pay 100% tax if it did not move at least part of its manufacturing arm to the US: TSMC’s promise to do so and the new 90-day break has set Team Green and others with the TSMC basis.
Companies like Razer also paused laptops with others like Nintendo, which stopped pre -ordering plans for Switch 2 in the US. Now there is a better chance of sales procedure as usual – but I have to say that I doubt this will happen soon.
This is good news but it won’t change anything about ridiculous GPU prices
Essentially, the biggest pickup here is that NVIDIA, AMD and many other companies that depend on the TSMC process have avoided a bullet: what it means to us consumers is the chances of PC hardware (especially GPUs) that suddenly ballooning to even more extreme amounts are less likely without immediate threat of more tariffs.
However, this does not mean that new price increases are impossible – and we have seen that this recently occurs with AMDS Radeon RX 9070 series partner cards. Long before the tariffs were a major speech point, GPUs were already consistently retail for more than their launch price, probably stemmed from great demand and limited accessibility – caused by a combination of the factors I have stated above, and the fresh hunger for hardware for AI companies.
PC players have already shown that they will buy GPUs, no matter how much they are charged: it is clear across multiple online retailers, with GPUs well above their launch price and they are still sold out.
The most important thing is that you do not expect any significant shift in a positive direction of the GPU market’s current inflation landscape -but the 90 -day break will certainly cool tension, so that’s something.
