Region Brief
Taiwan
Coverage of Taiwan's critical role in AI hardware, semiconductors, and regional tech strategy.
Taiwan is central to the global AI supply chain through its semiconductor leadership and is increasingly investing in domestic AI capabilities and research.
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On August 31, 2026, Nvidia and MediaTek deepened their partnership: Nvidia buys $3.5 billion of MediaTek convertible bonds, and MediaTek adopts NVLink Fusion so hyperscalers can drop custom XPUs into Nvidia rack-scale factories, alongside multi-gen RTX Spark / DGX Spark and automotive work.
- Taiwan Indicts Nine, Including an Nvidia Manager, Over B300 Server Exports to China
On August 24, 2026, Taiwan’s Keelung District Prosecutors Office said it had indicted nine people—including an employee of Nvidia’s Taiwan unit and Super Micro staff—over the alleged illegal export of Nvidia B300 AI servers to China. Reuters: the scheme dressed 130 B300 systems as staying in Taiwan; later coverage cites 74 shipped via Japan and Indonesia and 56 seized.
- Nvidia Customers Told AI Server Prices Rise More Than 15% as Memory Soars
On August 22, 2026, Bloomberg reported that contract builders for Microsoft, Google, and Oracle have notified hyperscalers that servers with Nvidia AI chips—including Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell—will cost more than 15% extra on many configurations shipping early next year, driven by DRAM/HBM. Nvidia did not comment; Reuters could not independently verify. Earnings are due August 26.
- NVIDIA and TSMC Announce Jointly Designed AI Accelerator for 2027
NVIDIA and Taiwan Semiconductor have revealed a co-designed next-generation AI chip that integrates advanced packaging, custom memory, and optical interconnects. The partnership aims to break through current power and bandwidth walls for 2027 systems.
- NVIDIA and TSMC Advance Co-Packaged Optics for AI Data Center Scaling
As part of their deepening collaboration, NVIDIA and TSMC are advancing standards and technology for co-packaged optics in next-generation AI accelerators. The technology promises to overcome bandwidth and power limitations in massive GPU clusters for 2026-2027 systems.