Industry

Samsung foundry steps up push to chase TSMC with 2 nm expansion and 1.4 nm plan

Samsung Electronics has outlined a mid- to long-term roadmap for its foundry business, focusing on expanding orders, stabilising 2-nanometre mass production and preparing for 1.4-nanometre manufacturing by 2029. It expects to secure more than 130 percent more 2-nanometre order tasks this year, centred on HPC and AI uses. The company is also advancing packaging technologies and cooperating on HBM products using 3D stacking.

AI & Enterprise

Global security shake-up accelerates, from LLMs to world models

Mergers and acquisitions continue to spread in the global security market, with companies stepping up efforts to respond to AI security threats and treating browser security as a key battleground. Zscaler bought browser security specialist SquareX, while Sophos acquired Arco Cyber and Keycard agreed to buy Anchor.dev. In AI, companies are pushing beyond large language models toward world models, alongside fresh funding, product launches and enterprise partnerships.