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Monday 1 December 2025
Rapidtek's Black Kite-1 CubeSat joins Taiwan's FORMOSAT-8A in successful orbit launch

Taiwan successfully launched its first FORMOSAT-8A (FS-8A) satellite, nicknamed the "Zeppelin," on November 29, accompanied by five domestically...

Monday 1 December 2025
ACME shifts SiC R&D to AI and defense as auto market slowly recovers
Silicon carbide (SiC) demand has been weighed down by a sluggish automotive market, but ACME recently observed signs of market reversal and expects the auto sector to gradually recover...
Monday 1 December 2025
Weekly news roundup: China phone makers pull back as Huawei advances chip tech, Nvidia strengthens Taiwan ties
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of November 24 to November 30, 2025.
Monday 1 December 2025
Jensen Huang visits Taiwan and refutes ODM capacity concerns
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has recently been on the move, drawing significant attention. Aside from visiting TSMC founder Morris Chang and Quanta chairman Barry Lam during his Thanksgiving...
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...