Nvidia's CEO is given the rockstar treatment in AI-powerhouse Taiwan

When Nvidia surpassed Apple this week to become America's second most valuable company, its CEO Jensen Huang was being feted like a rockstar in his birthplace Taiwan. Wearing his signature black leather jacket, Huang spoke Sunday at a packed stadium in the capital Taipei, highlighting the island's importance in building the infrastructure that underpins artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which has powered Nvidia's rise to the top. "Taiwan is the unsung hero, a steadfast pillar of the world," he said onstage, gesturing to a graphic that showed the names of nearly 100 of the company's suppliers in Taiwan. Whether it was…