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Baipu to bolster chip ecosystem: Lai
Staff writer, with CNA, Kaohsiung Add TT as Preferred Source Kaohsiung’s Baipu Industrial Park (白埔產業園區) would bolster Taiwan’s semiconductor ecosystem, balance north-south development and boost the country’s global competitiveness, President William Lai (賴清德) said at its groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. The nearly 89-hectare park would create more than 4,000 jobs and generate about NT$300 billion (US$9.45 billion) in annual production value, marking a new milestone for Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, Lai said. With artificial intelligence (AI) applications and high-performance computing expanding rapidly worldwide, advanced integrated circuit (IC) assembly services have become increasingly important to the semiconductor industry’s competitiveness, he said. The park would draw on cooperation among the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Kaohsiung City Government and major semiconductor companies, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), he said. Earlier this month, TSMC announced plans to develop a 3-hectare site in the industrial park, with two buildings housing modular facilities that can be reconfigured as technology evolves. The site is to include small cleanrooms and laboratories for testing and joint development of advanced assembly technologies, equipment and materials, as well as a training center for highly skilled specialists in semiconductor processes and equipment, TSMC said. Construction of two campuses at Baipu Industrial...
