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Nvidia Rubin Shipments Slip Six Weeks, Cloud Providers Scramble
A packaging bottleneck at TSMC has pushed Rubin volume deliveries into the next quarter, forcing hyperscalers to extend Hopper depreciation schedules.
Volume shipments of Nvidia's Rubin platform have slipped by approximately six weeks, according to two supply-chain sources, after CoWoS-L packaging capacity at TSMC failed to ramp on schedule.
What slipped
Engineering samples are unaffected. The delay impacts the high-volume SKUs cloud providers had pre-allocated for late-spring data center deployments.
- First volume shipments now expected in early Q3
- Engineering and reference designs already with hyperscalers
- Pricing terms reportedly unchanged
Hyperscaler response
AWS, Microsoft and Google are extending Hopper depreciation schedules and accelerating purchases of refurbished H100 capacity from secondary markets.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this delay confirmed by Nvidia?
- Nvidia has not commented publicly. The reporting is based on supply chain sources.
- Will Rubin pricing change?
- Sources indicate pricing terms remain unchanged from the original allocation contracts.
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