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Sunday 23 November 2025
Chunghwa Telecom and NTT showcase cross-border distributed AI data center in Tokyo

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Taiwan-based Accton, and its subsidiary Edgecore Networks...

Sunday 23 November 2025
SK Hynix reportedly plans to boost 1c DRAM output eightfold in 2026
SK Hynix is reportedly preparing a major ramp-up of its next-generation 1c DRAM production, with plans to increase capacity eightfold in 2026 to meet rising demand for high-performance...
Sunday 23 November 2025
Taiwan launches homegrown satellite constellation to replace aging defense comms
After several postponements, Taiwan's first domestically assembled optical remote-sensing satellite of the Formosat-8 program—nicknamed the Zeppelin Satellite (FS-8A)—is...
Saturday 22 November 2025
Foxconn activates Model A for Japan, forecasting bigger CDMS impact by 2026
Electric vehicles continued to dominate Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD25) this year, with Foxconn unveiling a fully realized version of its Model A concept and framing the project around...
Saturday 22 November 2025
Taiwan fast-tracks Chiayi drone hub to attract global defense firms

Taiwan is accelerating efforts to transform Chiayi's Minsyong district into a national hub for drone research and manufacturing. The National Chung-Shan...

Saturday 22 November 2025
Foxconn looks to California to anchor its next-gen AI datacenter blueprint
After Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD25), Foxconn chairman Young Liu stated that Taiwan's position on nuclear energy is shifting as power supply demand is increasing to support AI compute...
Saturday 22 November 2025
Allis Electric braces for critical growth phase amid Taiwan's power grid expansion
Electromechanical manufacturer Allis Electric (AEC) has identified the years 2026 to 2028 as a key growth period, driven by Taiwan Power Company's (Taipower) accelerated resilient...
Saturday 22 November 2025
Taiwan boosts drone industry with new chip subsidies and industrial park
Taiwan is stepping up efforts to expand its drone ecosystem as governments worldwide race to secure autonomous systems and related supply chains. The Executive Yuan and the National...
Saturday 22 November 2025
ASML opens first US technical training center to support domestic chipmaking revival
ASML has inaugurated a technical training center in Phoenix, Arizona, designed to train more than 1,000 engineers annually for the expanding semiconductor industry in the US. The...
Saturday 22 November 2025
South Korea's KT Sat calls for a national sovereign network amid megaconstellation dominance
As control of the low-Earth-orbit satellite market consolidates among a small number of global operators, KT Group's satellite arm, KT Sat, has issued a warning that South Korea must...
Friday 21 November 2025
Nexperia shockwaves hit auto industry as Europe and Japan slash output

The Dutch government recently suspended its administrative order against Nexperia and returned control of the chipmaker to its Chinese...

Friday 21 November 2025
Foxconn unveils Model A EV platform tailored for Japan's mobility market
On the opening day of Hon Hai Tech Day, Foxconn introduced a new reference EV, the Model A—its most concentrated focused push yet to tailor electric vehicles for specific industries...
Friday 21 November 2025
Taiwan foundry and tech manufacturing remains irreplaceable as exports surge
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced on November 20 that Taiwan's export orders reached US$69.37 billion in October 2025, down slightly by US$850 million or 1.2% from...
Friday 21 November 2025
TSMC in sight: Samsung seen hitting 21,000 wafers by 2026
Samsung Electronics is reportedly planning to raise the monthly output of its next-generation 2nm foundry process to as many as 21,000 wafers by the end of 2026, according to new...
Friday 21 November 2025
SoftBank sets up US$3bn Ohio plant for OpenAI's modular AI infrastructure
SoftBank Group plans to invest up to US$3 billion to turn a former electric-vehicle plant in Lordstown, Ohio, into a manufacturing hub for OpenAI's modular AI data-center hardware...