NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang brought together the commanding heights of Taiwan's artificial intelligence industry on Wednesday evening, hosting his now-iconic annual gathering at a traditional Taipei restaurant on the eve of COMPUTEX 2026.
The dinner, held at the Brick Kiln Old-Style Nostalgic Restaurant in Taipei, drew the chairpersons and chief executives of companies that collectively form the backbone of the global AI hardware supply chain — from wafer fabrication and chip design to server assembly, thermal management, and power infrastructure.
Who Was in the Room
The guest list read like a who's who of Taiwan's technology establishment. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Chairman C.C. Wei (魏哲家), MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai (蔡力行), Foxconn Chairman Young Liu (劉揚偉), and Quanta Computer Chairman Barry Lam (林百里) were among the headliners. Arrivals began at 5:00 p.m., with Liteon Technology President Harry Chiu (邱森彬) among the first through the door, followed in quick succession by executives from King Yuan Electronics, Auras Technology, Wistron, Acer, Inventec, Delta Electronics, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Wiwynn, and Pegatron.
Front-Row Seating Signals Supply Chain Hierarchy
In the group photograph — itself an annual ritual closely parsed by industry observers — the six executives flanking Huang in the front row were Wistron Chairman Simon Lin (林憲銘), MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai, TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei, Quanta Chairman Barry Lam, Quanta Vice Chairman C.C. Leong (梁次震), and ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih (施崇棠). In Taiwan's tightly networked tech world, proximity to Huang in the frame carries its own symbolic weight.
A Busy Week for Huang in Taiwan
Wednesday's dinner was the centerpiece of a packed Taiwan itinerary for Huang, who arrived in Taipei on May 23. Two days before the banquet, he hosted a private dinner for TSMC Chairman Wei and senior TSMC executives at Sanliu Restaurant (三六食府), an exclusive Taipei dining establishment. On May 27, Huang presided over an NVIDIA Taiwan employee town hall at the Beitou Science Park (北士科), where he publicly unveiled the architectural plans for the company's future Taiwan headquarters, to be named "Constellation."
A Ritual That Reflects Taiwan's AI Centrality
The dinner has evolved into an unofficial industry summit, marking the start of COMPUTEX season with a display of the deep ties between NVIDIA and the Taiwanese manufacturers that build, cool, and power its products. As AI infrastructure investment accelerates globally, the annual gathering underscores Taiwan's indispensable role in turning Huang's chip ambitions into deployable hardware.
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