2025-09-08
SEMICON Taiwan 2025 Launches with Record 56 Countries, 100,000 Visitors Anticipated
Industry Leaders Share Insights on Balancing Challenges and Opportunities The annual semiconductor mega-event SEMICON Taiwan officially kicked off, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2025 with a major upgrade into a five-day International Semiconductor Week. Themed “Leading wit
SEMICON Taiwan 2025 Set to Open, Spotlighting Global Collaboration
【Sept. 8th, 2025 – Hsinchu】SEMICON Taiwan 2025, the region’s most influential semiconductor event, opens this week. At today’s pre-show press conference, Terry Tsao, Global Chief Marketing Officer and President of Taiwan, SEMI; Dr. Tien Wu, Chair of the SEMI International Board Exe
2025-08-27
IC Taiwan Grand Challenge Winners List-3rd Batch
To strengthen Taiwan’s position as the world’s largest IC startup hub and attract top global technology talent and venture capital, the National Science and Technology Council is organizing the IC Taiwan Grand Challenge. This competition selects outstanding teams to establish a presence
2025-06-24
NCIR Joins Hands with DEUVtek to Develop a Laser Grinding Technology for the Mass Production of SiC Wafers
In response to the growing need of high-performance electric and electronic components applied to electric vehicles, 5G, and low-earth orbit satellites, the National Center for Instrumentation Research (NCIR), under the National Institutes of Applied Research (NIAR), collaborated with DEUVtek to dev
"Nano 5 - Semiconductor Industry Innovation and Upgrade" Achievements Presentation: Semiconductor Leaders Gather to Establish Southern Taiwan as a Hub for Semiconductor Advancement
To strengthen the dual strategy of chip and AI development and to showcase the diverse R&D achievements of the Nano 5 supercomputer in driving semiconductor innovation and industry upgrading, the National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC) under the National Institutes of Applied Resea
2025-05-14
TAIWAN AI RAP Pilot Program Launches with Free GPU Resources for AI Development
To accelerate the development of generative AI applications in Taiwan and help many industries create AI solutions tailored to their needs, the National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC), under the National Institutes of Applied Research (NIAR) and the National Science and Technology Coun
2025-04-18
2025 IC Taiwan Grand Challenge Pilot Program
I. Introduction The Taiwan Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program (Taiwan CbI) is a collaborative effort by various Taiwanese government ministries. It aims to make the most of Taiwan's expertise in semiconductor technology by combining chips with important innovations like generative AI. I
2025-04-02
NCHC Launches Nano 5 Call for Proposals Southern Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry Embraces High-Performance Computing
To drive digital innovation and technological advancement in the semiconductor industry in southern Taiwan, the National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC) under the National Institutes of Applied Research (NIAR) recently held an information session in Tainan for the "Nano 5 - Semicon
2025-03-11
NCHC of NARLabs Hosts HPC Asia 2025: Exploring HPC Innovation with Chip Technology
As the most influential high-performance computing (HPC) event in the Asia-Pacific region, HPC Asia 2025 was held from February 19 to 21, organized by the National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC) under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), supervised by the National Scie
2024-10-19
NSTC Announces the Winners of IC Taiwan Grand Challenge, 5 Startups are Expected to Drive the Development of Industrial Innovation
NSTC Announces the Winners of IC Taiwan Grand Challenge, 5 Startups are Expected to Drive the Development of Industrial Innovation The first batch of winners from the IC Taiwan Grand Challenge, hosted by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), has been revealed. The selected start
2024-09-11
Minister Cheng-Wen Wu visits Silicon Valley to strengthen bilateral cooperation in scientific research while promoting Taiwan’s aim of becoming an “AI Island”
After visiting the Czech Republic, Germany and other regions of the US, Minister Cheng-Wen Wu arrived in Silicon Valley on September 9, Pacific Standard Time, to attend the annual conference of the Taiwan Science and Technology Hub (Taiwan S&T Hub) and engage with technology industry professiona
2024-09-09
NSTC Minister Cheng-Wen Wu Visits the East Coast of the United States to Strengthen Taiwan-US Bilateral Science and Technology Cooperation
From September 5 to 9, Eastern Standard Time, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Minister Cheng-Wen Wu visited Washington, DC and New York. In Washington DC, Minister Wu led a delegation to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Science Foundation (NSF
2024-09-05
The NSTC Holds Taiwan-Germany AI and Semiconductor Seminars to Promote Bilateral Science and Technology Cooperation in Key Areas
Last March, Taiwan and Germany signed a Scientific and Technological Co-operation Arrangement (STA), which determined four key areas of cooperation—semiconductors, lithium batteries, hydrogen energy, and AI. Since then, the NSTC and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2024-08-30
Taiwan-Europe Chip Innovation Forum
Organizer： Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) from Taiwan, Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec) from Belgium, and EUROPRACTICE Vision Statement： This year's forum covers a variety of topics. Each topic related to advanced circuit design and system applications
2024-05-16
TAIDE has achieved success in one year. Public-private cooperation jointly promotes a large-scale language model with Taiwan characteristics
The National Science and Technology Council has since early 2023 pulled together the strength of industry, academia, and research institutions to develop the Trustworthy AI Dialogue Engine, or TAIDE. In just one year, it has developed the TAIDE LX-7B (commercial version) and TAIDE LX-13B (academic a