Chunghwa Telecom Joins Hands with Taiwan-Japan Partners to Showcase Cross-Border All-Photonics Computing Network
Chunghwa Telecom, in collaboration with Taiwanese and Japanese partners, unveiled an innovative IOWN all-photonics network combined with 5G SA and cross-regional, cross-border computing power coordination applications in Tainan. This demonstration highlights the progress in Taiwan-Japan cooperation in next-generation networks, computing infrastructure, and sovereign AI.
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Central News Agency (Reporter Jiang Ming-an, Taipei, 28th) Chunghwa Telecom today in Tainan joined hands with Taiwan and Japan partners to jointly showcase innovative IOWN all-photonics network, combined with 5G SA and cross-regional, cross-border computing power dispatch and collaboration application results, reflecting the progress of Taiwan and Japan in next-generation network, computing infrastructure and sovereign AI-related fields cooperation.
Chunghwa Telecom today held the 'AI IMPACT: Smart City and Greater South Results Exhibition' event in Tainan, joining hands with Taiwan and Japan partners to jointly showcase innovative IOWN all-photonics network combined with 5G SA and cross-regional, cross-border computing power dispatch and collaboration application results, presenting its demonstration cases in key scenarios such as AI smart cities and smart healthcare.
The exhibition is a joint collaboration between Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's National Applied Research Laboratories' National Center for High-performance Computing, Accton Technology, and Edgecore Networks, together with Japan's NTT and NTT System Taiwan. It applies 'All-Photonics Network (APN)' and optoelectronic integration technology within the 'Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN)' to the computing field, thereby realizing low-power 'IOWN Optical Computing' application cases, demonstrating new highlights of Taiwan-Japan cooperation in all-photonics network development for sovereign AI.
Chunghwa Telecom pointed out that the exhibition content includes cross-border real-time live translation between Taiwan and Japan running on the 'All-Photonics Network (APN)', highlighting the advantages of low-latency and large-capacity all-photonics networks. It also demonstrates the application of 'IOWN Optical Computing' in AI image analysis for smart transportation, verifying the seamless collaboration of computing resources and high-speed remote backup.
The National Science and Technology Council, with the National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC) of the National Applied Research Laboratories as its core, connects all-photonics network nodes in Tainan's Southern Taiwan Science Park, Shalun, Taichung, and Hsinchu, and integrates them with Chunghwa Telecom's nationwide all-photonics network and AI data centers. Furthermore, through the Taiwan-Japan all-photonics network, it connects and cooperates with Japan's AI data centers.
Chunghwa Telecom stated that it will further promote this cooperation in the future, gradually building Taiwan's next-generation all-photonics computing network and developing diverse innovative applications, with subsequent expectations to expand into international markets. Other innovative application demonstrations today also include AI application results of the all-photonics network in smart city scenarios, such as smart traffic road safety, seamless remote autonomous vehicle control, vulnerable pedestrian detection, and smart healthcare.
The scene also showcased real-time interaction and natural communication scenarios between Taiwan and Japan through 4K ultra-high-definition cross-border real-time connection, combined with AI speech recognition and real-time two-way translation technology. At the same time, a demonstration of computing power collaboration between Taiwan and Japan AI data centers was presented, showing the feasibility of cross-border computing collaboration in diverse application fields.
Chunghwa Telecom Chairman Kuo Chih-cheng stated that in response to the continuous growth of AI inference and computing demands, Chunghwa Telecom continues to explore new forms of future communication connections and computing power collaboration through the exchange and demonstration of IOWN all-photonics network-related technologies. The innovative application scenarios presented this time, such as cross-border connections, AI real-time translation, smart healthcare, and smart transportation, overcome the challenges of distance and real-time transmission and reception of massive data, serving as a demonstration case for next-generation communication and application development, and providing concrete exchange and cooperation references for industry, government, academia, and research sectors. (Editor: Yang Kai-hsiang) 1150428
Chunghwa Telecom today held the 'AI IMPACT: Smart City and Greater South Results Exhibition' event in Tainan, joining hands with Taiwan and Japan partners to jointly showcase innovative IOWN all-photonics network combined with 5G SA and cross-regional, cross-border computing power dispatch and collaboration application results, presenting its demonstration cases in key scenarios such as AI smart cities and smart healthcare.
The exhibition is a joint collaboration between Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's National Applied Research Laboratories' National Center for High-performance Computing, Accton Technology, and Edgecore Networks, together with Japan's NTT and NTT System Taiwan. It applies 'All-Photonics Network (APN)' and optoelectronic integration technology within the 'Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN)' to the computing field, thereby realizing low-power 'IOWN Optical Computing' application cases, demonstrating new highlights of Taiwan-Japan cooperation in all-photonics network development for sovereign AI.
Chunghwa Telecom pointed out that the exhibition content includes cross-border real-time live translation between Taiwan and Japan running on the 'All-Photonics Network (APN)', highlighting the advantages of low-latency and large-capacity all-photonics networks. It also demonstrates the application of 'IOWN Optical Computing' in AI image analysis for smart transportation, verifying the seamless collaboration of computing resources and high-speed remote backup.
The National Science and Technology Council, with the National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC) of the National Applied Research Laboratories as its core, connects all-photonics network nodes in Tainan's Southern Taiwan Science Park, Shalun, Taichung, and Hsinchu, and integrates them with Chunghwa Telecom's nationwide all-photonics network and AI data centers. Furthermore, through the Taiwan-Japan all-photonics network, it connects and cooperates with Japan's AI data centers.
Chunghwa Telecom stated that it will further promote this cooperation in the future, gradually building Taiwan's next-generation all-photonics computing network and developing diverse innovative applications, with subsequent expectations to expand into international markets. Other innovative application demonstrations today also include AI application results of the all-photonics network in smart city scenarios, such as smart traffic road safety, seamless remote autonomous vehicle control, vulnerable pedestrian detection, and smart healthcare.
The scene also showcased real-time interaction and natural communication scenarios between Taiwan and Japan through 4K ultra-high-definition cross-border real-time connection, combined with AI speech recognition and real-time two-way translation technology. At the same time, a demonstration of computing power collaboration between Taiwan and Japan AI data centers was presented, showing the feasibility of cross-border computing collaboration in diverse application fields.
Chunghwa Telecom Chairman Kuo Chih-cheng stated that in response to the continuous growth of AI inference and computing demands, Chunghwa Telecom continues to explore new forms of future communication connections and computing power collaboration through the exchange and demonstration of IOWN all-photonics network-related technologies. The innovative application scenarios presented this time, such as cross-border connections, AI real-time translation, smart healthcare, and smart transportation, overcome the challenges of distance and real-time transmission and reception of massive data, serving as a demonstration case for next-generation communication and application development, and providing concrete exchange and cooperation references for industry, government, academia, and research sectors. (Editor: Yang Kai-hsiang) 1150428