News Nvidia rumored to be opening a second R&D center in Taiwan — and it has plans for an AI supercomputer on the island

[Admin]

A Taiwan official says that talk of a second R&D center could be a misunderstanding regarding the Taipei-1 supercomputer Nvidia is building on the island.

Nvidia rumored to be opening a second R&D center in Taiwan — and it has plans for an AI supercomputer on the island : Read more

 

[JTWrenn]

Far too much tech that close to a nation just chomping at the bit to take it over. Wonder if it could be distributed a bit by offering Taiwan rights in countries to spread out the hit if Taiwan is ever attacked? Doubt they would go for it, but need to spread things out. Hell we should do it just from the stand point of possible terrorism or natural disaster, let alone a world war starting event.

 

[Notton]

Far too much tech that close to a nation just chomping at the bit to take it over. Wonder if it could be distributed a bit by offering Taiwan rights in countries to spread out the hit if Taiwan is ever attacked? Doubt they would go for it, but need to spread things out. Hell we should do it just from the stand point of possible terrorism or natural disaster, let alone a world war starting event.

I think the R&D center would heavily depend on if the researchers there can speak fluent English or not.
If you send the R&D team outside of Taiwan, you either have to hire different people, who may not be up to the task, or potentially move entire Taiwanese families.

 

[williamcll]

Far too much tech that close to a nation just chomping at the bit to take it over. Wonder if it could be distributed a bit by offering Taiwan rights in countries to spread out the hit if Taiwan is ever attacked? Doubt they would go for it, but need to spread things out. Hell we should do it just from the stand point of possible terrorism or natural disaster, let alone a world war starting event.

Look at how much hassle TSMC went through to get fabs in Texas, if it wasn't for more red tape Nvidia would have expanded further within mainland china

 

[FoxtrotMichael-1]

Look at how much hassle TSMC went through to get fabs in Texas, if it wasn't for more red tape Nvidia would have expanded further within mainland china

I do just want to point out that the Samsung plant in Texas has released serious contaminants into local waterways numerous times and doesn't want to pay the bill to clean it up, even though they've taken a lot of state funds to expand here. The "red tape" these companies run into frequently isn't a big deal, they just aren't used to being held accountable for their actions because countries in the east have a completely different perspective on things. Want to do business with the US consumer? This is going to mean doing business with the morality we expect. Onshoring is here to stay and our economy is only going to get more decoupled and self-reliant from here. If these companies don't want to play ball the way that we expect then they can go away and will be replaced over time.