AI Needs a Place to Land

## COMPUTEX 2026 and Taiwan’s shift from supply chain to co-design and deployment marketplaceAI Infrastructure Notes|Article 4 Sinclair Huang Field Note v4 — updated with GTC Taipei and statistical-science reference materials, using public and user-provided sources available as of June 6, 2026. I am writing this at a strange distance from Taiwan. While friends in Taipei are celebrating a market that seems to have escaped ordinary scale, I am abroad, watching the same numbers with admiration, unease, and a growing sense that another AI market commentary would not be enough. ...

June 6, 2026

What Are CoWoS, HBM, and ABF - And Why Do They Matter So Much in the AI Era?

Why is everyone suddenly talking about CoWoS, HBM, and ABF whenever AI, NVIDIA, or AI servers come up? Many people know they are important, but still get stuck the first time they run into these terms. This essay is a plain‑language walkthrough of what they actually are, why they are always mentioned together, and how they map onto Taiwan’s role in the global AI supply chain. When Google, Amazon, and Tesla are all designing their own chips, is Taiwan’s manufacturing ecosystem still structurally important — or just enjoying a temporary window? ...

March 24, 2026