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Monday 1 December 2025
Taiwan puts Formosat-8A in orbit, opening a new chapter in its space ambitions

SpaceX's Transporter-15 rocket carried the satellite, code-named FORMOSAT-8A (FS-8A), at 2:44 a.m. Taipei time on Nov. 29 and was deployed...

Monday 1 December 2025
Commentary: TSMC veteran's Intel defection exposes cracks in Taiwan's silicon shield
Since April 5, 2025, a series of geopolitical tensions have unfolded—from US President Donald Trump's remarks and reciprocal tariffs to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's...
Monday 1 December 2025
Export controls drive CSCC to advance domestic compound semiconductor materials
Power demands of AI servers are boosting growth in the power semiconductor market. However, Taiwan's advanced carbon materials have long relied on imports, and China's recent graphite...
Monday 1 December 2025
Riding the AI wave, Abico Asia pivots toward robotics and semiconductors

As generative AI applications surge, global venture investment has shown a steady rebound, with AI and robotics emerging as two of the...

Sunday 30 November 2025
Samsung reportedly nears December verdict on Nvidia HBM4 tests
Samsung Electronics is reportedly nearing the final stage of qualification tests for its HBM4 memory chips with Nvidia, with a December decision that could mark one of the company's...
Sunday 30 November 2025
Taiwan's vertical integration cluster advantage limits industry relocation risk
Amid reports that Taiwan plans to invest US$400 billion in the US to secure better tariff treatment, avoid overlapping tax rates, and reduce Section 232 impacts under the Trump administration,...
Sunday 30 November 2025
Solvit unveils tools to accelerate search-and-rescue in signal dead zones
South Korea's Solvit System is rolling out new search-and-rescue technologies designed to locate missing people in areas with no mobile coverage. The company introduced two systems...
Saturday 29 November 2025
Tech giants lead energy self-sufficiency push
As AI computing power surges exponentially, electricity has become a critical strategic resource for the tech industry. With traditional power supply models struggling to meet the...
Saturday 29 November 2025
Taiwan eyes overseas tech parks to help Taiwan SMEs expand globally
Taiwan's tech industry is set for a major transformation in international expansion, amid the ongoing restructuring of global supply chains and geopolitical shifts. In his capacity...
Saturday 29 November 2025
CXMT's high-end DRAM push narrows China's gap with South Korea to one year
China's leading DRAM maker CXMT has unveiled new DDR5 and LPDDR5X chips with performance now viewed as comparable to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The launch has unsettled South...
Saturday 29 November 2025
OT vulnerabilities push cybersecurity to core competency in manufacturing
As global supply chains realign and tariff barriers rise, Taiwan's manufacturing sector—at the heart of this storm—feels the uncertainty acutely. At the Fortinet Cybersecurity...
Saturday 29 November 2025
Taiwan's TCC accelerates expansion abroad as the Chinese market stumbles

China's industrial overcapacity and a prolonged real estate slump continue to weigh on cement demand across both sides of the Taiwan...

Saturday 29 November 2025
Taiwan left out of supercapacitors while AI server capacitor boom builds
As the surge in AI compute drives a shift in data-center power design, backup battery units (BBUs) have secured adoption from at least three cloud service providers, boosting their...
Saturday 29 November 2025
Taiwan optics firms shift to AR glasses as China cuts costs
Taiwan's optical component makers are stepping up spending on augmented reality glasses to capture rising demand worldwide, while Chinese competitors accelerate development of cheaper,...
Saturday 29 November 2025
Taiwan seeks 48,000 military drones in US$1.5 billion procurement push

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has opened bidding for what officials say will be the country's largest military drone purchase yet, a five-model...