AI demand is global, but the most advanced compute still depends on concentrated semiconductor geography. This paper examines Taiwan as one of the most important constraint layers beneath the AI economy, focusing on advanced fabrication, packaging, supply-chain concentration, geopolitical risk, and the ripple effects that a disruption could have across cloud infrastructure, defense AI, robotics, enterprise AI, and sovereign AI strategies.
AI demand is global, but the most advanced compute still depends on concentrated semiconductor geography. This paper examines Taiwan as one of the most important constraint layers beneath the AI economy, focusing on advanced fabrication, packaging, supply-chain concentration, geopolitical risk, and the ripple effects that a disruption could have across cloud infrastructure, defense AI, robotics, enterprise AI, and sovereign AI strategies.