Q2 2025 Quarterly Market Insights 1 - Flipbook - Page 7
Samsung
• Samsung Austin Semiconductor has invested $1 million into Taylor ISD’s career and technical education program to
support workforce development for the semiconductor industry in Central Texas.
• Samsung has delayed its 1.4nm chip production to 2029 and is refocusing on stabilizing 2nm manufacturing by late
2025 to improve yields, restore client trust, and address deepening financial losses in its foundry business.
• Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) has launched its first Samsung Skill Development Centre at
Government Polytechnic KGF in Karnataka, establishing five advanced labs focused on AI/ML, automation, robotics,
cybersecurity, and engineering to equip students in rural India with industry-ready skills and support the country’s
digital empowerment and innovation goals.
Siemens
• Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) and
telecommunications systems for Phase 2 of the Nagpur Metro project in India, building on its involvement since the
network’s initial launch in 2019.
• Siemens and SAP CEOs have called on the European Union to revise its AI legislation, warning in Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung that current rules risk stifling innovation and should be restructured to better support
technological progress.
ST Microelectronics
• STMicroelectronics and Metalenz have signed a new license agreement to expand the adoption of metasurface
optics, combining ST’s 300 mm semiconductor-optics platform with Metalenz’s IP to drive high-volume, next-gen
applications in consumer, industrial, and automotive sensing.
• STMicroelectronics plans to reduce its workforce by 5,000 over the next three years through a combination of 2,800
announced job cuts and around 2,000 additional departures via attrition and voluntary exits, according to CEO JeanMarc Chery.
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