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Potential Investment and

Collaboration Opportunities

in Taiwan

Joining the core cluster of the
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global semiconductor industry

The complete semiconductor industry chain, production clusters, and
R&D capability in Taiwan will generate synergies for foreign businesses
that set up R&D centers or production sites in Taiwan. The semiconductor
industry is also regarded by the government as a cornerstone of Taiwan's
industrial development. Every effort will be made to support the development
requirements of the semiconductor industry, including the provision of related
incentives.
In terms of human resources, more than 10,000 people graduate from IT-
related faculties in Taiwan and join the workforce every year. OECD data shows
that Taiwanese students are ranked 4th in the world in science education. The
"Taiwan AI Academy" was also established in 2017 to cultivate talent for the AI
industry to ensure that "inability to find the right people" will no longer be a factor
that hinders the development of AI technologies. Taiwan has a big competitive
advantage in edge computing and AI chips, and by tapping into the strengths of
our country's very capable software/hardware vendors, Taiwan has succeeded
in building up a very complete supply chain system.

The "AI on Chip Taiwan Alliance" (AITA) formed in July 2019 is composed
of local and foreign semiconductor and ICT vendors, local universities, as
well as national research institutions such as the ITRI. Four "key technology
committees" were also established within AITA on the four topics of "AI system
applications," "heterogeneous integration," "emerging architectures," and "AI
system software." The alliance will be building on Taiwan's existing advantages
by helping the industry reduce its R&D costs for AI chips by 90% and shorten
their development time by over 6 months.

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