Chairperson and CEO of AMD Lisa Su just concluded her Taiwan visit. How does she challenge Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, for the leadership position in the AI chip market? BY ELAINE HUANG, COMMONWEALTH MAGAZINE “Nvidia’s accelerators are in short supply, and everyone wants an alternative,” says a high-ranking executive from a major AI server system…
Taipei was once a place where young adults chased their dreams. But today the city’s population has aged, and 25 years of urban renewal initiatives have led to spiraling housing prices and an outflow of people. What can be done to revitalize the city? BY REBECCA LIN, COMMONWEALTH MAGAZINE Last year Taipei’s population declined to…
Entrepreneur Krude Lin has in a decade gone from calling Taiwanese coffee “yucky” to being elected chairperson of the Coffee Industrial Alliance of Taiwan. What potential does he see in Taiwanese coffee? BY LI HSUN-TSAI, COMMONWEALTH MAGAZINE The first time Krude Lin sampled Taiwanese coffee was over a decade ago. “It was expensive and yucky,”…
BY SYDNEY PENG AND REBECCA LIN Taiwanese medical schools can enroll a maximum of 1,300 students per year, a government-set quota that has not changed in 24 years. In Taiwan’s aging society, this number is insufficient to satisfy rising demand for medical services. Three national universities – National Tsing Hua University, National Chung Hsing University,…
By Wu Ching-fang, Commonwealth Magazine The Formosa Plastics Group, the world’s 10th-largest petrochemical company, has announced its intention of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Considering that the conglomerate generates more than 50 million metric tons of carbon emissions a year, how does it intend to reach that goal? The Formosa Plastics Group is one of…
By Hannah Chang, Commonwealth Magazine Ambitions to manufacture in the U.S. closer to major customers have led TSMC to set up shop in America. The project and related supply chain relocation pose numerous challenges, from cost control to talent recruitment and management techniques in a different culture. Michelle Chang, director of the Taiwanese Chambers of…
For years a popular pastime among distraction-hungry urbanites in Taiwan, this novel leisure activity might not exist in its current form if not for an American program to help solve world hunger and the research efforts of a Taiwanese scientist. — by Emery Chen, Commonwealth Magazine A quick checklist for whiling away the next weekend…
— By Chiayi Lin and Li Hsun Tsai, Commonwealth Magazine Taiwan’s COVID-19 generation, entering the employment market amid a severe pandemic, has not become a lost generation – instead, they are getting one step ahead. Rather than giving up on their dreams, they are pursuing them with pragmatism and flexibility. Zhu Rui-xiang, a recent Master…
Taiwan acacia is traditionally used as firewood, but Taiwan’s king of carton packaging, Caho Chen, and a team of innovative young people have developed methods to turn this neglected endemic hardwood into pricey bathtubs, customized guitars, and novel whiskey barrels. How did they transform this once-cheap commodity into a sought-after luxury material? By Kuo-chen Lu…
The Michelin Guide Taiwan ventured outside of Taipei for the first time in 2020 and explored Taichung. Four restaurants earned Michelin stars – JL Studio, Fleur de Sel, Forchetta, and Oretachi No Nikuya – and the choices revealed the stark differences between the Taipei and Taichung culinary scenes. By Sunny Wu, CommonWealth Magazine Founded in…
