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After several postponements, Taiwan's first domestically assembled optical remote-sensing satellite of the Formosat-8 program—nicknamed the Zeppelin Satellite (FS-8A)—is now scheduled for launch at 2:18 a.m. Taiwan time on November 27, 2025....

Green energy investment group J&V Energy Technology (J&V) held an earnings call on November 20, 2025, reporting consolidated revenue from energy storage engineering that generated NT$2.25 billion in the first three quarters of 2025, soaring 315% year over year, while green electricity trading and electricity sales reached NT$1.74 billion, up 116% year over year. These two main business engines have driven strong growth momentum....

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 general-purpose memory in server and accelerator systems. The chipmaker is expected to boost output of GDDR7 and SOCAMM2 modules built on the 1c platform to support growing orders from Nvidia and global cloud service providers....

The 2025 Intel Technology Innovation and Industry Ecosystem Conference was held from November 19 to 21, 2025, in Chongqing, China. At the event, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and newly appointed chairman of Intel China Alan Wang both made their first public appearances in China following their appointments. They took office in March and September 2025, respectively. In contrast to former CEO Pat Gelsinger, their remarks focused heavily on AI....

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Taiwan-based Accton, and its subsidiary Edgecore Networks jointly showcased their first collaborative achievement: distributed AI data-center technology, on November 20 at the NTT R&D Forum 2025 in Tokyo....

Nvidia is positioning quantum computing for mainstream adoption through a new connectivity system that links quantum processors with artificial intelligence accelerators. CEO Jensen Huang told attendees at the Supercomputing 2025 conference in November that the technology is nearing a pivotal shift from research labs to enterprise deployment. Industry analysts expect the sector to deliver measurable commercial value by 2027....

Chinese panel maker Visionox's 8.6-generation OLED production line is reportedly set to bring in several types of South Korean equipment, including machinery related to flexible OLED panels used in smartphones and other mobile devices. According to ET News, citing data from the China Government Procurement Network, South Korean equipment companies AP Systems, ICD, and Synus Tech have all been selected for Visionox's 8.6-generation equipment procurement tender list....

Rapid advances in AI technology have exposed fundamental network bottlenecks, since traditional connections can no longer keep up with the massive transmission demands of AI. Billions of dollars have thus been funneled into photonic chip startups, amid an ongoing seismic shift in how chips communicate....

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 develop an autonomous "sovereign network" and secure influence in future standard-setting....

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 Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) are advancing new initiatives that aim to strengthen the development of critical drone chips, boost domestic manufacturing capacity, and improve testing infrastructure....

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 56,000-square-foot facility is ASML's ninth global training site and the only one in the US covering all product lines, including extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines as well as metrology inspection systems....

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 power grid plan and a surge in electricity demand from semiconductor overseas expansion and AI data centers, the company announced during its recent investor conference....

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 growth. Foxconn and OpenAI will co-design next-generation AI data centers, defining the full architecture from power and cooling to IT systems....

Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD25) focused on the role of physical AI in future factories, featuring humanoid, task-specific, and service robots on-site and demonstrating how AI can train them through digital-twin simulations based on real production-line needs....

Taiwan is accelerating efforts to transform Chiayi's Minsyong district into a national hub for drone research and manufacturing. The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology expects the new Aerospace and UAV Industrial Park to welcome its first tenants in 2028 as the government positions unmanned systems as a critical growth industry....

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 the idea of "From Japan for Japan."...

The Dutch government recently suspended its administrative order against Nexperia and returned control of the chipmaker to its Chinese parent company, Wingtech Technology. While the move has softened diplomatic friction between the Netherlands and China, the supply-chain turmoil triggered by the dispute continues to ripple outward, forcing European and Japanese automakers to cut production....

US lawmakers are advancing bipartisan legislation to prohibit companies receiving federal semiconductor subsidies from purchasing chipmaking equipment manufactured in China for the next decade. The proposal aims to harden supply chain security and ensure that American tax dollars do not indirectly strengthen Beijing's technology sector....

The next stage of the future factory will be the era of Physical AI. At Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD25) held on November 21, Foxconn chief digital officer Zhe Shi stated that future factories will be driven by an AI "brain," empowering various robots, machines, and automated equipment with perception, understanding, and autonomous action capabilities....

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 industry projections. The increase would represent a 163% jump from 2024 and could significantly narrow the company's long-standing performance and capacity gap with TSMC....