Global chip giants have gathered in Taiwan for the island’s top tech expo, Computex, as the sector grapples with the impact of US tariffs and disrupted supply chains.

Huang said Nvidia would work with Taiwanese tech giants Foxconn and TSMC as well as the government to build Taiwan’s “first giant AI supercomputer here for the AI infrastructure and the AI ecosystem”.

“Taiwan doesn’t just build supercomputers for the world… we’re also building AI for Taiwan,” Huang said in a keynote address, describing the island as the “centre” of the industry.

“Having a world-class AI infrastructure in Taiwan is really important.”

Taiwan-born Huang also spotlighted a further upgrade to Nvidia’s Blackwell processing platform, as well as new hardware and software for robotics and “AI agents” that can perform company tasks.

And he announced a new version of Nvidia’s NVLink technology, enabling customers to build semi-custom AI infrastructure.

“In 10 years time, you will look back and you will realise that AI has now integrated into everything and in fact we need AI everywhere,” Huang said, wearing his trademark black leather jacket.

Computex will draw computer and chip companies from around the world to Taiwan, whose semiconductor industry is critical to the production of everything from iPhones to the servers that run ChatGPT.

Taiwan produces the bulk of the world’s most advanced chips, including those needed for the most powerful AI applications and research.

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon announced the company planned to expand into data centres, but he did not elaborate.

Top executives from MediaTek and Foxconn will also speak at Computex, where advances in moving AI from data centres into laptops, robots and cars are in the spotlight.