Rumor has it that Nvidia's RTX 5090 wielding the GB202 chip has a massive 744mm-squared die size. Nvidia is expected to announced the Blackwell RTX 50-series GPUs at CES 2025 in January.
GlobalFoundries signed a deal to get $1.5 billion under the CHIPS and Science Act even after being fined for violating U.S. export laws by supplying advanced chips to Chinese entities.
AMD might be worried about changing prices based on the exchange rate. However, these incremental updates are not affecting the chip's real-world pricing due to the chip's non-stop availability issues.