Taiwan

Taiwan is a small island country in Asia which is of particular interest to Linux users due to the large amount of hardware manufacturers located there. The very important annual technology / computer trade show Computex is held in Taipei, Taiwan.

Notability In The Technology Space[edit]

Jensen Huang, the Nvidia CEO, is from Taiwan.
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD CEO, is from Taiwan. She saved that company from the brink of bankruptcy.
TSMC, the world's leading semiconductor fab in 2020 and pioneers of the 5nm fabrication process, is Taiwanese corporation.
Every single one of the major motherboard manufacturers (Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte, MSI, ASRock) is Taiwanese
Acer, one of the biggest computer manufacturers alongside Asus, is also Taiwanese
The memory manufacturers G.Skill and Transcend are Taiwanese
Many computer monitor manufacturers like AOC, ViewSonic, and HannStar are Taiwanese
Leading computer case manufacturers Cooler Master, Thermaltake, SilverStone, and Lian Li are Taiwanese
Several Power Supply Unit manufacturers like Seasonic and SilverStone are Taiwanese
Many GPU board partners like e.g. PowerColor, MSI, Gigabyte and ASUS are Taiwanese

Alternative names[edit]

Taiwan is also known as "Chinese Taipei" because China and Chinese-owned organizations such as the World Heath Organization consider Taiwan to be a part of China.

Yvonne Tong interviewing then WHO vice president Bruce Aylward in the end of March, 2020.