Hon Hai’s AI-Driven Factories to Launch in Taiwan and Mexico.

Taipei: Taiwan-based manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will soon begin production at two factories in Taiwan and Mexico using a digital simulation technology created by AI chipmaker Nvidia Corp., the companies said. According to Focus Taiwan, Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn on global markets, announced in a press release on Tuesday that it had first unveiled the collaboration with Nvidia at its Hon Hai Tech Day exhibition in 2023. During the event, the company demonstrated its plans to utilize Nvidia's Omniverse platform to create a 3D "digital twin" for simulating automated production lines at its factory in Hsinchu. A "digital twin" is a digital replica of a physical object, system, or process that organizations can use to simulate real situations and outcomes, allowing them to make better decisions. The Omniverse platform, in addition to assisting with factory layout, can be used to test and optimize factory operations in a digital twin before implementing cost-saving changes to a manufac turing order or contract in the real world, Nvidia stated in a blog post on Monday. Although Hon Hai has not provided a specific timeline for when the AI-powered factories will go online, Nvidia's blog post indicated that Hon Hai's Taiwan factory will begin production using the digital twin technology in December, while its Mexico facility is expected to commence production early next year. The factories will also be used to test and produce Nvidia's Blackwell AI chips. However, the release of these chips may face delays due to overheating issues, as reported by the tech industry news site The Information on Monday.