US-based high-performance server maker Super Micro Computer Inc is planning to expand its presence in Taiwan and forge closer ties with the local industrial sector, Super Micro founder and CEO Charles Liang (梁見後) said on Saturday.
Expanding in Taiwan has become an operational priority for the company, he told reporters on the sidelines of a graduation ceremony at the National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech), formerly known as the National Taipei Institute of Technology, from which Liang graduated in 1978.
Liang, a Taiwanese-American originally from Chiayi County, who received an honorary doctorate from Taipei Tech in 2011, founded Super Micro in Silicon Valley in 1993. The company went public on the NASDAQ in 2007.
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Liang said Super Micro has built a science and technology park in Taoyuan’s Bade District (八德) and is planning to build another production site in Taiwan.
The new investment is expected to be announced in the next few months.
“It is not only in the United States, Super Micro is also expanding in Taiwan, Malaysia and Europe,” Liang said, “Taiwan is our top choice for investment as long as the timing is right.”
“Super Micro has enjoyed good growth, and that is expected to continue, so expanding our operations in Taiwan is a natural step,” Liang said.
At the end of 2019, the company announced an investment of about NT$20 billion (US$616.9 million) to build a science and technology park in Taoyuan to accommodate a research and development center, a software development center, a warehousing and logistics hub, and automated production lines.
Liang is in Taipei to attend Computex Taipei, one of the largest information technology (IT) exhibitions in the world, which starts tomorrow. On Wednesday, he is to deliver a keynote speech about Super Micro’s artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure advancements, opportunities in the industry and strategies for deploying sustainable total IT solutions.
Liang said that he would meet Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) during his stay in Taiwan, adding that he expects Nvidia to continue prospering in AI development.
In his graduation ceremony speech, Liang said that Super Micro had intensified efforts to surpass its peers and worked closely with its Taiwanese partners to bolster global competitiveness.
He remains upbeat about liquid cooling technology during the AI boom and would work with suppliers to obtain a 20 to 30 percent share of the global market next year, he said.
Liang said he donated 10 AI servers to Taipei Tech in the hopes that they would expand the school’s high-performance computing capabilities, cultivate an AI talent pool and boost research and development.
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