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• Taiwan’s TSMC to invest ‘at least’ $100BN in chip manufacturing plants in Arizona, US, facilities over 4 years, adding to earlier pledge of $65BN investments in the country / full item
• Taiwan’s TSMC is reportedly looking at investment in South Korea’s AI-focused semiconductor firm, FuriosaAI, which is separately in acquisition negotiations with Meta / full item
• Taiwan launches ‘Best AI Awards 2025’ with a grand prize of NT$1M, aiming to attract global artificial intelligence and integrated circuit design talent / full item
• Taiwan’s Hon Hai, aka Foxconn, launched its first traditional Chinese version of an AI LLM, with NVIDIA participating, to boost data analysis capabilities for future key technologies / full item
• Taiwan: Google is reportedly to partner Taiwan’s MediaTek for the next version of its AI chips, Tensor Processing Units, looking to further reduce reliance on NVIDIA / full item
• Taiwan: Plug and Play global startup incubator is to open a branch in Taoyuan, focusing particularly on opportunities in artificial-intelligence-of-things, smart mobility, and robotics / full item
• Taiwan: South Korea’s Hyundai Card and Japan’s Line Pay partner for QR code payment capabilities for Taiwan users / full item
• China: Taiwan’s Foxconn commences $137 million New Business Development Group HQ construction in Henan province, looking to focus on EVs, energy storage and emerging industries / full item
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