Taiwan’s silent tech giants find themselves in the middle of the technology cold war between China and America
of Taipei 101, the Taiwanese capital’s tallest skyscraper, 42,000 people attended Computex, one of the world’s biggest electronics trade expos, which concluded on June 1st. They bought, sold and ogled every electronic component imaginable. Neon-pulsating fans. Computer casings in every imaginable shade of beige. Infinite varieties of fibre-optic cables. And, of course, chips. If silicon had a smell, Computex would be oozing it.
By the same token, Taiwan’s silent giants find themselves in the middle of the technology cold war between China and America.is perhaps Huawei’s most important supplier. For now it says that America’s decision last month, on national security grounds, to prohibit its companies from exporting technology to the Chinese firm does not affect it;’s meticulous supply-chain management systems show that its exports to Huawei do not contain enough American intellectual property to fall under the ban.
Some Taiwanese firms are quietly seeking a toehold in other countries. Pegatron is planning to invest $1bn in a new manufacturing facility on the Indonesian island of Batam, just an hour by ferry from Singapore. Foxconn and Wistron, another Taiwanese firm, each now has an iPhone factory in India.
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