Atayal H100 explores the relationship between Taiwan’s semiconductor industry and the aboriginal Atayal people, whose ancestral lands and water resources form the cornerstone of this industry’s operation.

90% of the most advanced chips in the world are made in Taiwan, most of which are in Hsinchu where the TSMC factories are located. Focusing on Hsinchu and its surrounding reservoirs, the project traces how national policies, climate instability, and global demand for the most advanced chips like the Nvidia H100 have transformed Atayal lands into industrial infrastructure.

In a tense geopolitical environment, chips are often seen as Taiwan’s “protection.” This protection is built on environmental extraction and the dispossession of Indigenous communities. H100, also known as “Hopper,” was the first NVIDIA chip to be banned from being sold to China by the US government.

The project replaces the circular knots on the H100 with the diamond shape pattern of the 'Eye of Utux': a symbol of the Atayal ancestor’s watchful spirits. The silicon wafer depicts the extraction of land, while the chip is the soil, exposing the H100 chip as a compressed piece of landscape.