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By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporter
The nation’s three main science parks final yr posted a combined revenue of NT$5.8 trillion (US$182.6 billion), up 21.83 % year-on-year and a brand new record, the National Science and Technology Council mentioned in a report yesterday.
The council attributed the robust efficiency to continued development within the semiconductor trade, pushed by the robust demand for synthetic intelligence (AI) chips and the event of rising applied sciences, resembling generative AI and high-performance computing (HPC), the report mentioned.
The Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區) noticed a revenue enhance of 12.25 % yearly to NT$1.7 trillion, Central Taiwan Science Park (中部科學園區) posted revenue development of 9.29 % to NT$1.13 trillion and Southern Taiwan Science Park (南部科學園區) grew 34.26 % to NT$2.97 trillion, it mentioned.
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Last yr, the three science parks noticed two-way commerce enhance 17.79 % year-on-year to NT$6.88 trillion, additionally a brand new excessive, whereas funding totaled NT$177.6 billion, up 54.98 % from the earlier yr, it added.
This yr, the council anticipates a gentle enhance within the parks’ revenue, because of continued growth of superior semiconductor course of applied sciences and AI purposes, in addition to producers’ efforts to deepen buyer relationships and improve their worldwide competitiveness, regardless of uncertainties created by US tariffs and international geopolitical dangers, the report mentioned.
Of the parks’ six main industries, the built-in circuit trade led in revenue, as strong demand for AI and HPC purposes drove gross sales up 26.8 % year-on-year to NT$4.83 trillion, the report mentioned.
The optoelectronics trade ranked second, with a rise of three.23 % to NT$453.24 billion, benefiting from the surge in flat panel shipments led to by US tariffs, and gross sales development in uninterruptible energy programs and digital shelf labels, it mentioned.
Revenue of the precision equipment trade grew 24.73 % to NT$180.83 billion, because the AI growth boosted demand for automation programs, and precision tools and parts, the report mentioned.
Biotechnology trade gross sales have been up 11.73 % to NT$51.96 billion, as medical system makers expanded to international markets, coupled with new drug builders’ efficient advertising methods and international market share beneficial properties, it mentioned.
However, revenue of the pc and peripherals trade declined 14.55 % to NT$191.72 billion, and that of the communications trade fell 13.57 % to NT$64.58 billion, as companies shifted some operations to different areas as a part of their international methods and given geopolitical concerns, it mentioned.