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Monday 25 May 2026
Japan's Axelspace plans mid-2026 SpaceX launch for next-gen Earth observation constellation
Japanese space startup Axelspace has formally announced plans to launch up to seven next-generation GRUS-3 Earth-observation microsatellites in as early as July 2026 aboard a Falcon...
Monday 25 May 2026
Beyond Silicon Valley: Lam Capital's startup contest goes global
Lam Research's Lam Capital recently held its fourth startup competition, drawing teams from the US, South Korea, Singapore, India, and Taiwan to vie for a sizeable prize pool. US startup...
Monday 25 May 2026
BYD and Chery lead China's advance into Europe's EV market
Chinese automakers are rapidly gaining ground in Europe's electric-vehicle market, underscoring a transformation from low-cost challengers into formidable global competitors.
Monday 25 May 2026
Nvidia's reporting pivot and AMD's US$10B Taiwan bet signal a new frontier in AI chip war
Nvidia's structural pivot to isolate its ACIE market and AMD's US$10 billion investment in Taiwan infrastructure signal a profound realignment in the AI chip war. Both developments...
Monday 25 May 2026
Nvidia's Vera CPU push lifts LPDDR outlook for Samsung, SK Hynix
Nvidia's decision to sell its Vera CPU as a standalone chip could create a new source of demand for low-power DRAM, adding another pressure point to the already tight memory supply...
Monday 25 May 2026
Topco and Bloom Energy install Taiwan's first on-site SOFC low-carbon data center power system
Topco Energy Service, a Topco Group unit, and Bloom Energy installed a 2.6MW solid oxide fuel cell on-site power system at a Taiwan IC design firm's Miaoli data center, creating what...
Monday 25 May 2026
Hiroca ramps global expansion and smart cockpit products to drive second-half recovery
Auto parts maker Hiroca said it expected operations to return to a growth track in the second half of 2026 as overseas orders and its push into smart cockpit technologies began to...
Monday 25 May 2026
Univacco sees steady 2026 sales growth from Poland plant, North America momentum
Univacco, which held its shareholders' meeting last week, said that 2025 was a challenging year for the global economy and its industry, with exchange-rate swings, geopolitical risks,...
Monday 25 May 2026
Weekly news roundup: TSMC faces its first real rivals; Agibot claims 100% success rate in factory deployment
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 18-24, 2026:
Monday 25 May 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics secures large silicon capacitor supply contract
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco)'s KRW1.5 trillion (approx. US$990 million) silicon capacitor supply contract with a major global company could reshape component supply for AI servers,...
Monday 25 May 2026
EGAT pivots into drones to capture US and European defense and commercial demand
Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corporation (EGAT) said it expanded into drone manufacturing to serve growing overseas demand, pursuing customers in the US and shipments to Europe...
Monday 25 May 2026
Taiwan to showcase Open Source Team Taiwan pavilion at COMPUTEX to highlight AI and industry collaboration
Open Source Team Taiwan will debut at COMPUTEX / InnoVEX 2026 as a government-backed pavilion showcasing how open-source frameworks underpin corporate product strategy, AI commercialization,...
Monday 25 May 2026
China's EV price war gives way to rising costs
China's electric-vehicle market is entering an unfamiliar phase: cars are getting more expensive.
Monday 25 May 2026
Column: US summit signals shift to trusted supply chains, reshaping global manufacturing partnerships
At the 2026 SelectUS Investment Summit in Maryland, US officials used the flagship investment forum to outline a national industrial strategy prioritizing supply chain reconstruction...
Monday 25 May 2026
Samsung's China exit shows Korean brands under pressure

Samsung Electronics' retreat from China's TV and home-appliance market is raising broader questions for South Korean industry, as Chinese...