Research Development Center Tender

Scope : To Set up a Research and Development (R&D) Center in Taiwan

Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) has applied to set up a research and development (R&D) center in Taiwan as part of the government’s A+ Industrial Innovative R&D Program.

The ministry did not disclose the investment amount or what the plan is.

The program covers three major fields — artificial intelligence (AI), new generation semiconductors, including high-power and high-frequency integrated circuits (ICs), and new 5G network structures.

It aims to encourage local and foreign technology firms to invest in Taiwan and for the nation to become a global R&D hub.

A qualified applicant would receive a subsidy worth up to 50 percent of its investment.

AMD is planning to invest about NT$5 billion (US$155 million) and the ministry has given the company conditions that must be met to receive the subsidy.

The ministry also required AMD to recruit enough foreign talent to account for at least 20 percent of its R&D workforce in Taiwan, so that the tech giant would not have to compete with Taiwanese firms for local talent.