TTA Collaborates with Qualcomm Innovation Center

2020-08-31

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Qualcomm Incorporated opened the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Taiwan in Taipei in March 2020 to support the development of Taiwan’s startup ecosystem. The Center is used as the base for Qualcomm Innovate in Taiwan Challenge (QITC). Through establishing exclusive laboratories, the Center provides an environment for the QITC 2020 shortlisted startup teams to enhance their products’ competitiveness through new product development, measurement and debugging.
To deepen the interaction with Taiwan’s innovative ecosystem, the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Taiwan has granted access to TTA Member starting on June 29th, 2020. Registered and approved TTA members are able to utilize the laboratory’s equipment for testing devices that are powered by Qualcomm’s chips.
Qualcomm has been a dedicated Taiwan startup ecosystem enabler, as the semiconductor company has launched the Qualcomm Innovate in Taiwan Challenge (QITC) for 2 consecutive years since 2019 in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA). The Challenge offers the 10 shortlisted startup companies with a 6-month incubation and a cash award of USD10,000, and after the incubation, the winner and two runner ups will be selected by a jury of industry leaders and receive cash awards of USD125,000, USD100,000 or USD75,000 respectively.
By working with TTA, the Challenge provides mentorships in making proactive business models and building global expansion strategies, which would bridge Taiwanese innovators to the world and provide a stage for the world to understand the R&D capabilities and innovative energy in Taiwan.
By providing access to the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Taiwan to TTA Members, the collaboration will facilitate more exchanges of innovations in which members of the startup community can contribute their expertise. Together, TTA and Qualcomm will better support Taiwan startups to enter global markets and even take lead in the 5G era, boosting the overall startup ecosystem momentum in Taiwan.

If you are a TTA Member and wishes to learn more about how to access the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Taiwan, please contact Mr. Vic Fan of TTA at [email protected] for more information about terms of use and complete the registration process.

高通致力支持臺(tái)灣新創(chuàng)，於109年3月正式啟用「高通臺(tái)灣創(chuàng)新中心（Qualcomm Innovation Center, Taiwan）」，作為「高通臺(tái)灣創(chuàng)新競(jìng)賽（Qualcomm Innovate in Taiwan Challenge, QITC）」基地，設(shè)置專屬實(shí)驗(yàn)室，提供QITC 2020入圍團(tuán)隊(duì)新創(chuàng)產(chǎn)品開發(fā)、量測(cè)及除錯(cuò)的環(huán)境，協(xié)助入圍團(tuán)隊(duì)提升產(chǎn)品競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力。
為深化與臺(tái)灣新創(chuàng)生態(tài)圈互動(dòng)，自今（109）年6月29起，「高通臺(tái)灣創(chuàng)新中心」實(shí)驗(yàn)室開放TTA會(huì)員使用，針對(duì)經(jīng)報(bào)名、核準(zhǔn)之TTA會(huì)員得使用該實(shí)驗(yàn)室的儀器對(duì)使用高通晶片之裝置進(jìn)行測(cè)試。
TTA與高通長期合作致力臺(tái)灣新創(chuàng)發(fā)展，108年起，在科技部指導(dǎo)下，共同推動(dòng)兩屆QITC，入圍前10名可獲1萬美元的獎(jiǎng)金，經(jīng)過6個(gè)月的育成計(jì)畫後，獲選決賽前三名者也將分別獲得12萬5,000美元、10萬美元、及7萬5,000美元不等的獎(jiǎng)金。
TTA與高通合作提供獲選團(tuán)隊(duì)業(yè)務(wù)諮詢指導(dǎo)與進(jìn)入全球市場(chǎng)的最佳策略，使臺(tái)灣產(chǎn)業(yè)與新創(chuàng)圈更緊密地整合，讓更多優(yōu)秀的臺(tái)灣新創(chuàng)有機(jī)會(huì)與國際專業(yè)加速器接觸，也讓國際社會(huì)更了解臺(tái)灣新創(chuàng)的潛力。
高通希望透過「高通臺(tái)灣創(chuàng)新中心」實(shí)驗(yàn)室開放TTA會(huì)員使用，進(jìn)一步強(qiáng)化與TTA合作，以及產(chǎn)業(yè)資源與經(jīng)驗(yàn)的分享，加速臺(tái)灣新創(chuàng)鏈結(jié)國際，掌握5G時(shí)代先機(jī)，在尖端科技創(chuàng)新研發(fā)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)益形激烈的情形下，導(dǎo)入更多國際專業(yè)資源協(xié)助臺(tái)灣新創(chuàng)迎接嶄新的時(shí)代、加速提升臺(tái)灣新創(chuàng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力。

TTA會(huì)員若有使用高通晶片之裝置，希望運(yùn)用「高通臺(tái)灣創(chuàng)新中心」實(shí)驗(yàn)室進(jìn)行測(cè)試，請(qǐng)逕洽TTA，了解相關(guān)規(guī)定並完成登記程序。

【聯(lián)絡(luò)窗口】
Mr. Vic Fan

[email protected]