Technology news from, or relevant to, Taiwan in Q1 of 2024 spanned a range of subjects in January, February and March.
Headlines from Taiwan in Q1 provided coverage of: TSMC’s Arizona semiconductor plant receiving major US Gov’t funding; the appeal of a made-in-Taiwan satellite network, both for communications security and as a global market opportunity; and offshore floating solar panel project takes wing; and many more.
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Taiwan tech: March 2024
- ‘Using advanced blockchain intelligence tools and on-chain tracking technologies, XREX’s anti-money laundering and information security departments proved the flow of illicit funds and the owners of crypto assets…’ / read it here
- “Managing the issue of disinformation on social media platforms is a collective endeavor. It is not merely a matter of regulatory enforcement but a challenge to culture and society more broadly.” / read it here
- “Taiwan’s semiconductor industry chain was worth NT$2.67 trillion (US$86.3 billion), making it the second largest in the world after the US…” / read it here
- Taiwan’s TSMC semiconductor giant set to receive over $5BN in US Dep’t of Commerce grants for Arizona facility / read it here
- A look at Taiwan’s moves to ensure the net generation of talents and skilled engineers for the country’s semiconductor industry / read it here
- Taiwan: A deep dive into the work done by the Industrial Technology Research Institute’s Central Region Campus in developing plant-based and microbial alternatives to animal proteins / read it here
- Startup Island TAIWAN and Singapore’s Action Community for Entrepreneurship ink MOU to facilitate ‘soft landing’ support for startups in both countries / read it here
- “A made-in-Taiwan satellite network could do more than give Taiwan an alternative communication system. It could establish Taiwan as a producer of key technology…” / read it here
- “Taiwan is also interested in stepping into the Indian semiconductor industry because the Indian government has already announced it would cover 50% of the costs of setting up semiconductor fabs.” / read it here
- Taiwan: A look back at the recent 11th Smart City Summit and Expo, touching on the use of solutions in AI, 5G, IoT and more to deliver smart infrastructure and services / read it here
- Indonesia’s Telkomsel partners Taiwan’s AppWorks to launch 9th edition of TINC startup accelerator program / read it here
- India: First 28nm semiconductors from Gujarat plant now under construction by Tata Group and Taiwan’s PSMC expected to be in hands by year-end 2026 / read it here
- Japan: Taiwan’s TSMC to partner Sony and Toyota for over $20BN investment in second Japan plant, producing chip-on-wafer-on-substrate semiconductor packaging / read it here
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Taiwan tech news: Feb 2024
- Taiwan’s Wistron Corp’n inks MOU with India’s Karnataka government for manufacturing plant in the state, set to produce laptops, IoT items and EV components
- Taiwan’s Gogoro e-scooter and battery-swap company to enter Latin America market in Q2, partnering with Copec energy major for Chile and Colombia entry
- The letter, obtained by CNBC and first reported by Forbes, claimed that by not making Starshield available to U.S. military forces in Taiwan, SpaceX could violate its Pentagon contract, which requires “global access” to Starshield technology.
- Taiwan: Taipower assigns land in Hsinchu for EV hub partnership with US’s Nuuve, to host chargers including vehicle-to-grid, allowing unused swap batteries to act as grid components
- Taiwan is building its own ‘Trustworthy AI Dialogue Engine’ AI model as part of $555M plan to both bolster identity and influence in the face of disinformation, and to expand into software development
- From ‘Exploring new regions: The greenfield opportunity in semiconductors‘ from McKinsey & Co:
- “Within just three square miles, Hsinchu contains more than 150 semiconductor companies and suppliers, more than 600 manufacturers, three universities, and more than 160,000 highly skilled full-time employees.”
- Taiwan: BSOS takes Best Solution in SAP Startup Accelerator with working capital platform aiding businesses with supply chain funding, featuring blockchain integration with CTBC Bank
- Taiwan’s Touche Solutions’ enters Japan’s robotics sector with Touche ‘tactile skin’ to be integrated into Denso’s new ‘collaborative robot’ models as foundational safety measure
- 2024 Taiwan International Geothermal Conference is set for February 20-21
- Taiwan’s Sysgration electronics maker preps for Texas manufacturing facility occupancy in nearshoring move to minimize risks to supply chains
- Taiwan: “…we welcome startups and talents from Europe, the United States, Japan and ASEAN, to work with Taiwan, from IC design and manufacturing to packaging and testing — the entire pipeline.”
- Taiwan: Near-shore floating solar panel project now fully online, covering 171 hectares of water surface and generating energy equivalent to that consumed by 65K households
- Taiwan: Cabinet approves $372M, 4-year implementation phase for Asia Silicon Valley Development Plan, aiming to boost the Internet of Things industry and develop a comprehensive startup ecosystem
- “In 2022, the bulk of its research and development engineers were based in China but [Taiwan’s] Alchip has begun moving roles overseas, many to Japan…”
- Taiwan: More on the Asia Silicon Valley 3.0 plan and its goals for the IoT industry in particular, with a 2022 output value in Taiwan estimated to be $67.2 billion
- Video: ‘Inside Micron Taiwan’s Semiconductor Factory‘, part 1 of a 5-part series looking at Taiwan’s cutting-edge mega-factories
- India: Taiwan’s Taisys preps for $100M investment in India subsidiary to focus on semiconductor design and production for the auto and electric vehicle sectors
- Samsung wins its first 2nm AI chip order from Japan’s Preferred Networks Inc in switch from PFN’s past TSMC supply of advanced chips
Jamestown Foundation: Examining China’s Grand Strategy For RISC-V
#startuptaiwan: January 2024
- Taiwan’s TSMC outlined its tech roadmap for 2nm, 1.4nm, and 1nm chip processes, alongside plans to put a trillion chips on a semicon package using multiple 3D-stacked chiplets
- Taiwan X 500 Global Startup Meetup set for January 16th, connecting Taiwan’s top startups with US investors
- Taiwan: Chiayi County Gov’t debuts ‘AI Mayor’ to deliver a speech launching the Chiayi Culture X Technology Innovation Hub, set to host culture-focused tech startups
- Taiwan: National Science & Tech Council announces goal of producing the nation’s first quantum computer by 2027, meeting targets set in 2022’s $258M quantum tech plan
- Taiwan: Founder of ACE Exchange, one of Taiwan’s largest crypto exchanges, arrested with 14 others on suspicion of fraud using false claims for speculative token listings
- Taiwan: Numbers Protocol rolls out blockchain content verification project aiming to ensure reliable and credible news for upcoming presidential election on January 13
- Taiwan Space Agency to launch incubation center in H2 2024 to attract and develop domestic and international space industry firms, leveraging Taiwan’s manufacturing supply chains
- An overview of Taiwan’s Neuchips Inc, presenting at CES 2024, introducing Neuchips’ scaleable AI ‘accelerator’ chips, built on TSMC’s 7nm process and capable of 200 trillion operations per second
- Taiwan’s TSMC to mass produce next-generation 2nm chips for Apple in 2025, with prototype already presented
- ‘Taiwan’s president-elect faces growing challenges with its chip industry – Lai Ching-te and semiconductor makers need to deal with escalating domestic and geopolitical issues’ via TechCrunch
- Taiwan’s ProLogium EV battery maker to mass-produce in France in 2027; and partners Germany’s Mercedes-Benz for joint development of solid-state batteries
- 6th edition of ‘Qualcomm Innovate in Taiwan Challenge’ launches, focusing in this edition on on artificial intelligence-driven PCs and Edge AI
- OpenAI CEO Altman adds Taiwan’s TSMC to list of companies in discussions around building a global network of AI-focused chip manufacturing facilities
- Taiwan: Academia Sinica research institute connected a domestically-developed quantum computer to the internet, country’s first, offering 5 qubits as a test bed for university collaboration projects
- Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute and Finland’s IQM Quantum Computers ink MOU for hardware purchase, knowledge-sharing, technical support and more
- Taiwan: Prologium opens giga-scale lithium-ceramic battery factory in Taoyuan, aiming to supply solid-state batteries for up to 26000 electric vehicles; also planning giga-factory in France
- Taiwan announces plans for first lunar mission, with Deep Space Radiation Probe potentially to launch in Q4 aboard Japanese lander
- Japan: Taiwan’s TSMC to formally open its first Japan semiconductor facility in February, set to produce chips at 28nm scale to cater to auto and consumer electronics sectors
- “Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 9006C system-on-chip in the Qingyun L540 laptop was made by [Taiwan’s] TSMC using its 5nm-class process technology and assembled around the third quarter of 2020…”
- India: Taiwan’s Foxconn partners HCL Group IT consultancy major for JV to establish a semiconductor assembly and testing facility
- Applications are open for the 2024 Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan, with a curriculum based on Pacific Islands Forum 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent
- Japan’s Bellsystem24 and Taiwan’s Intumit partner for generative AI-backed call center chatbots, looking to launch in Taiwan this year
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