The company stated that investments would focus on “enhancing the Taiwan ecosystem to develop strategic partnerships and improve advanced packaging capabilities for AI infrastructure”.
Taiwan stands as a titan in semiconductor manufacturing utilized in training and powering AI systems, being home to industry leaders like TSMC and Foxconn.
Last year, the island’s economy experienced significant growth driven by soaring exports of AI hardware, a rapidly growing sector globally.
AMD — led by CEO Lisa Su, who is scheduled to speak in Taipei on Friday — announced that it is collaborating with companies in Taiwan and beyond on advanced computing components vital for AI data centres.
The firm “is pushing forward with cutting-edge silicon, packaging, and manufacturing technologies that facilitate enhanced performance, improved efficiency, and quicker deployment of AI systems”, it noted.
Among the partnerships disclosed on Thursday was a hardware development collaboration with the Taiwanese chip packaging and testing firm ASE and its partner, Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL).
Globally, governments and technology giants are investing hundreds of billions of dollars to establish new data centres that support AI applications including chatbots, image generators, and task-executing agents.
There are rising concerns about the environmental effects of the burgeoning AI infrastructure, with the International Energy Agency estimating that electricity consumption by data centres could double by 2030.
In addition to worries over planet-warming carbon emissions, there are apprehensions regarding water usage for cooling data centre servers, which may result in shortages on scorching days.
(Edited by : Vivek Dubey)
