TechnologyGoogle to make Taiwan its main hardware R&D hub outside US
Tech giant says island will be core location for its engineers
Google has been stepping up its investment and engagement in Taiwan in the past few years as the island becomes increasingly important to its hardware development.
CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers
January 27, 2021 22:32 JST
TAIPEI -- Google on Wednesday pledged to expand its research and development team in Taiwan, making it the American tech giant's biggest hardware engineering hub outside the U.S., in a sign of the democratically ruled island's growing significance in the global supply chain.