Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has already mapped out a plan for the development of AI, which includes infrastructure construction, education of talent, and key technologies.

For key technologies, MOST will spend an annual NT$1 billion, totaling NT$4 billion in funding, developing the “Forward-Looking Semiconductor Manufacturing and Chip Development Plan” in order to increase the speed of development of core technology R&D for AI supply chains. Dozens of Taiwanese manufacturers are expected to participate in the program.

For infrastructure construction, funding will be provided for the construction of a “Cloud Service and High-Speed Computing Platform” at a scale of NT$5 billion over four years to meet the requirements of AI development.

In addition, MOST will establish three to four “AI Innovation R&D Centers” at universities and will invest NT$1 billion annually, which will total NT$5 billion over five years, in order to comprehensively develop key core AI technologies and smart applications

(TR/ Phil Sweeney)