SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (CNA) – Led by the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan (NSTC), the Taiwan Science and Technology Hub at Stanford University opened on Friday.
In January, the NSTC integrated inter-ministerial resources within the Cabinet to strengthen the country’s technological capabilities, and selected Stanford University as a cooperative partner in preparation for the opening of the Taiwan Science Research Center, bringing together Taiwan’s and the United States’ technology. Started a program to build a research platform. technology hub.
NSTC Director Masatada Wu delivered a speech at the opening ceremony, saying that Taiwan has played an important role in stabilizing the global IC supply chain as the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the global semiconductor shortage. .
Wu said cooperation in semiconductor manufacturing and design between Taiwan and the United States is expected to enhance economic security around the world, especially in the current era of burgeoning generative artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, Stanford University President Mark Tessier-Lavigne said he hopes the hub will act as a bridge between Taiwan and the San Francisco Bay Area in integrating technology resources.
Jennifer Widom, dean of Stanford University’s School of Engineering, said Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chan received a Ph.D. With a degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1964, his CEO of Nvidia Corp Jensen Huang and his Yahoo founder Jerry Yang were also born in Taiwan and graduated from Stanford University. .
Widom added that the Taiwan Science and Technology Hub will allow such a talent pool to expand.
On its opening day, the hub also hosted its first technology conference with several UC Berkeley heavyweights, attending and speaking at keynotes on semiconductors, carbon emission reduction and digital medicine.
Among these UC Berkeley scholars, the dean of the University of California, Berkeley, Tsu-Jae King Liu, was born to parents from Taiwan, and the dean of public health, Michael Lu, was born in Taiwan. moved to Berkeley from I went to America when I was 5 years old.
Wu thanked Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley for their efforts in developing global and Taiwanese technology talents.
Zhang graduated from Stanford University, and TSMC Chairman Mark Liu earned a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, Wu said.
Wu said that both Zhang and Liu have made significant contributions to Taiwan’s semiconductor technology.