As artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates the global semiconductor race—and as commercial space activity heats up—the idea of moving chip fabrication into orbit is edging from science fiction toward technological reality.

Elan Microelectronics, a leading Taiwanese maker of touch-controller chips, posted NT$946 million (approx. US$30 million) in revenue for November 2025, a decline of 3.5% from a year earlier and 5.1% from October. The company attributed the slowdown to the fourth quarter’s traditional weak season for consumer electronics and to rising global uncertainty driven by trade-policy shifts and geopolitical tensions, which have made brand customers more cautious in both marketing and procurement.