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June 2024: Taiwan

Taiwan’s technology news in June of 2024 touched on items and developments including: next-gen semiconductor panels built on rectangular, rather than circular, substrates; mounting city competition over location of a new NVIDIA plant; Foxconn’s new Kaohsiung facility; and more.

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  • Taiwan’s FinTechSpace and Bahrain FinTech Bay partner for collaboration on resources, business referrals and more / full item
  • Taiwan’s HAOSHi Accelerator launched 7th cohort with 10 selected startups working on food- and agri-tech solutions using satellites, irrigation, recycling and more / full item
  • Taiwan: Cisco, US network equipment maker to establish Taiwan cybersecurity centre as part of its Taiwan Digital Acceleration Plan 3 / full item
  • TSMC investigates rectangular panel substrates for semiconductors, rather than current round wafers, in bid to facilitate chiplet approach and create more useable surface area / full item
  • Digital Rights In Asia-Pacific 2024 Conference is set for August 18-19 in Taipei / full item

“Acer – with 7,725 employees and NT$241.31 billion in revenue last year – has joined other major Taiwanese tech developers by embracing… a shift over the past few years toward South and SE Asia…” / full item

  • Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association launches, aiming to develop self-regulatory standards for the country’s digital assets industry / full item
  • Taiwan: Amazon to invest billions across 15 years in Taiwan data centers, adding a new AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region for cloud computing services / full item
  • A quick overview of news from NVIDIA, AMD, Intel and Asus, outlined at Taiwan’s recent Computex 2024 event / full item

“TSMC has achieved its heft while keeping most of its factories and employees in Taiwan… How it navigates global expansion will influence the fate of entire industries and economies.” / full item

  • Taiwan: Tether crypto/digital assets firm makes $18.75M investment in XREX Group, looking at USDT cross-border business-to-business payments in emerging markets / full item
  • Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei City, Tainan and Kaohsiung vie for new NVIDIA plant / full item
  • Taiwan: Foxconn unveils plans for advanced computing center in Kaohsiung, partnering NVIDIA for platforms and processing / full item
  • Taiwan: Startup Terrace Kaohsiung rolls out 2024 Soft-Landing Program for global startups and tech firms / full item
  • Taiwan’s Foxconn partners NVIDIA global chip-making giant for electric vehicle AI software / full item
  • Malaysia: Taiwan’s Elite Material Co to commence construction of $190M facility in Penang, producing substrates for circuit boards and semiconductors / full item
  • China: Some AI chip firms are now reportedly designing less-powerful processors to maintain access to TSMC in bid to side-step US-led sanctions / full item
  • “…estimated that the Indian semiconductor market will exceed $55 billion by 2026. Moreover, the country’s domestic electronics production output is projected to surpass $300 billion by 2030.” / full item
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