Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has met with TSMC CEO C.C. Wei and other local suppliers during his trip to Taiwan, where he also attended Nvidia's year-end party and touted Taiwan's manufacturing prowess.
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00:00A busy night for NVIDIA's celebrity CEO Jensen Huang.
00:07The tech titan attended two year-end parties in Taipei, taking the stage in his signature
00:13leather jacket at electronics manufacturer Wistron's event before attending NVIDIA's
00:19own party.
00:22Huang has been visiting various Taiwanese suppliers during his trip, which included
00:27a lunch with TSMC CEO Cici Wei.
00:31Amid booming demand for AI, the two giants are collaborating on new cutting-edge semiconductors
00:38and packaging technology that can better assemble complex chips.
00:42The TSMC team is super busy and this is one of the fastest production ramps of any complex
00:49technology ever.
00:50And so mostly I just wanted to thank him for the hard work and prepare ourselves for next
00:55year because next year is going to be a really big year.
01:00Earlier this month, Huang unveiled a slew of new tech by NVIDIA, including a GPU that's
01:07up to twice as powerful as its previous model, and a personal AI supercomputer priced at
01:13US$3,000.
01:16Huang thanked partners in Taiwan for their role in the tech, saying as many as 45 Taiwanese
01:22firms run 24 hours a day to build its supercomputers, including electronics firm Wistron.
01:37But earlier this week, outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden announced new export controls on
01:43those same AI chips to protect U.S. tech dominance against competitors including China.
01:50It's a move that could cut into NVIDIA's global business, with a market value exceeding
01:55US$3 trillion.
01:58In a statement, the California-based firm called the plans misguided.
02:03In Taiwan, Huang stopped short of commenting on Biden's decision.
02:07Huang also said little about talks with the incoming Trump administration, focusing instead
02:13on his current Asia trip.
02:14Are you going to make it to the inauguration?
02:16No, I'm going to be on the road celebrating Chinese New Year with my employee families.
02:22Huang is expected to travel on to NVIDIA's New Year's party in Beijing, a source close
02:27to the firm told Reuters.
02:30As the CEO works to focus on the innovation and the people driving it, his firm remains
02:35squarely in the crosshairs of a U.S.-China tech war that will soon have a new leader
02:41at the helm.
02:42Luffy Li and Joyce Zen for Taiwan Plus.
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