Foxconn is enhancing its development blueprint for its smart factory platform. Intrinsic CEO Wendy Tan White made an appearance at Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD24) to discuss the deep collaborative partnership between the two companies where they aim to promote a new generation of manufacturing technology centered around AI.
HHTD24 began on October 8. Foxconn's partners including Nvidia, Intrinsic, Siemens, and BCG shared their visions for smart manufacturing.
In addition to producing GB200 chips for Nvidia and collaborating on a supercomputing center, Foxconn is also utilizing Nvidia's Omniverse digital twin platform to advance smart manufacturing.
Ingrasys CEO Benjamin Ding stated that the company is constructing the world's largest GB200 production facility due to significant market demand. Given the complexity of the Blackwell architecture, digital twin technology allows businesses to model and simulate production conditions before deployment, thereby reducing potential issues in real-world production.
Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge computing at Nvidia, noted that after over 15 years in Taiwan, he has observed the industry's previous focus on hardware manufacturing shifting to software and system integration solutions in 2024. Now in its 50th year, Foxconn is demonstrating effective transformation by developing comprehensive solutions in addition to manufacturing components.
White stated that Intrinsic has established a deep partnership with Foxconn, with a shared vision of turning the ideal smart factory of the future into reality.
According to media reports, the Intrinsic team originated from Google's X and became an independent company in 2021, primarily providing industrial robotic software technology. Intrinsic is regarded as another rising star within Alphabet, alongside self-driving car company Waymo, drone delivery service Wing, and precision health company Verily.
White mentioned that the collaboration will integrate Foxconn's smart factory platform with Intrinsic's AI robotics technology platform to develop automated, process-customized, and repeatable solutions related to tasks such as assembly, testing, and logistics.
The next-generation manufacturing technology will be AI-centric, allowing production lines to become more flexible and intelligent, suitable for both high-volume and low-volume manufacturing, and replicable across different countries.
Article translated by Charlene Chen
