Semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance announced this week that Taiwan was the 12th largest exporter in the world
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The Feedback Loop Driving the Taiwan Crisis
In late January 2026, Jensen Huang, the chief executive of chip-making giant Nvidia, rang in the Lunar New Year with employees and customers in
Taiwan Tech Update: March 3, 2026
Semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence Citing AI infrastructure demand and the finalization of a trade deal with the U.S., Taiwan raised its
Taiwan Tech Update: February 4, 2026
Semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said
Nvidia’s H200 Is Headed to Chinese Military Firms
Chinese regulators have reportedly approved the first shipments of the H200, the flagship AI chip from Nvidia’s previous generation that had been
Taiwan Tech Update: January 2, 2025
Semiconductors Taiwanese semiconductor powerhouse TSMC began mass-producing 2-nanometer chips — its most advanced chips to date — in the fourth
The Trump Administration’s Nvidia Chip Deal Doesn’t Make Sense
If the Trump administration’s primary objective were to make Chinese companies reliant on the American tech stack, then it would allow Nvidia to
Bessent Listens With ‘Great Interest and Patience’ to Taiwan’s Semiconductor Story
When U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Taiwan’s envoy to APEC, Lin Hsin-i (林信義), met on Friday, they discussed chips. Bessent wanted to know
Nvidia Chips Will Be on the Table When Trump Meets Xi
For almost every issue that could come up when Donald Trump meets with Chinese president Xi Jinping (習近平) at the APEC summit in South Korea on
Taiwan’s Posturing Over Non-Red Supply Chains
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) is reviving the Cold War color code to distinguish between the good and bad sides of the global economy.
Jensen Huang Crosses a Line
The Chinese government has arbitrarily detained more than a million Uyghurs in Xinjiang. It has used its growing navy to militarize the South China
Taiwan Tech Update: October 1, 2025
Semiconductors At this year’s Semicon exhibition in Taipei, which attracted record numbers of participants, “chip diplomacy” was a major








