Huang meets TSMC chairman in Taiwan ahead of GTC Taipei

Jensen Huang landed in Taipei on May 23 more than a week before Nvidia’s GTC Taipei conference and said he planned to meet clients and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Chairman C.C. Wei during the trip. (focustaiwan.tw) Focus Taiwan, citing remarks at Taipei Songshan Airport, reported that Huang said he had “a lot to do” in Taiwan ahead of upcoming AI and technology events. Taiwan News reported that Huang later headed to Nangang for a developers’ gathering the same day. (nvidia.com) The visit puts Nvidia’s chief executive in Taiwan before a run of company and industry events that center on the island’s role in AI hardware, packaging and systems assembly. (taiwannews.com.tw) Nvidia’s official event page says GTC Taipei 2026 will run from June 1 to June 4 at the Taipei International Convention Center. A separate event listing says Huang’s keynote is scheduled for June 1 at the Taipei Music Center, with conference sessions and workshops running June 2-4. ### Why did Huang arrive in Taiwan this early? May 23 is nine days before GTC Taipei opens, and Huang told reporters he would use the trip to meet customers and C.C. (focustaiwan.tw) Wei. Focus Taiwan said Huang identified client meetings and the TSMC chairman as part of his schedule after arriving in Taipei. Taipei Times, also citing CNA, carried the same account and said Huang handed drinks to waiting reporters and supporters at the airport. Taiwan News said Huang’s early arrival was unexpected because it came more than a week before Computex, the annual technology trade fair in Taipei. (nvidia.com) The report said he went from the airport to a “Meet-a-Claw” AI developers’ event in Nangang, putting a developer appearance on the first day of the trip. ### Why does the TSMC meeting matter? TSMC is Nvidia’s main manufacturing partner for advanced AI chips, and Huang specifically named Chairman C.C. Wei as a person he expected to meet in Taiwan. Focus Taiwan reported that plan directly from Huang’s airport remarks. (focustaiwan.tw) Taipei Times said the same visit would take place during a trip tied to AI and technology events. Taiwan remains central to Nvidia’s supply chain beyond wafer production. Computex organizer TAITRA said Nvidia would host GTC Taipei from June 2-4 at the Taipei International Convention Center as part of the wider Computex week, highlighting sessions, demos and ecosystem meetups around physical AI, agentic systems and inference. (taiwannews.com.tw) Nvidia’s own event page says the conference will bring together developers, researchers and industry leaders. ### What exactly is scheduled for GTC Taipei? (focustaiwan.tw) Nvidia’s official website says GTC Taipei 2026 runs June 1-4 and is positioned as a regional edition of its global AI conference. The page lists the Taipei International Convention Center as the venue and says the event will feature workshops, sessions and industry programming. Baxtel’s event listing says Huang’s keynote is set for June 1 at the Taipei Music Center, while the main conference program runs June 2-4 at TICC. Taiwan News reported in April that Nvidia timed the event to coincide with Computex Taipei. (computextaipei.com.tw) ### What else did Huang say in Taiwan? Reuters reported from Taipei on May 23 that Huang said Nvidia’s forecast for a $200 billion CPU market includes China, even with U.S.-China technology tensions and export controls still hanging over near-term sales. The comments came during the same Taiwan visit and showed Huang using the trip to address both partners and investors. (nvidia.com) Taipei Times reported that Huang was also asked about Nvidia’s planned headquarters site in Taipei’s Beitou Shilin Technology Park and said that if the company held an event there, he would attend and might unveil the design. (baxtel.com) ### What happens next in Taipei? June 1 is the next dated milestone, when Huang is scheduled to deliver the GTC Taipei keynote in Taipei, according to the event listing. Nvidia’s conference then runs through June 4 at the Taipei International Convention Center, with developers, researchers, customers and supply-chain partners gathering across the four-day program. (finance.yahoo.com) (baxtel.com) (taipeitimes.com)