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Angry TSMC employees considering strikes, unionization over employee bonuses, report claims — company reportedly considering 15% payout cut to fund capex despite record revenues fuelled by AI surge

… Doris Hsu, chairperson of silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers, has weighed in on the broader debate, saying that across GlobalWafers' 18 factories in nine countries, some have unions and some don’t, and that the key factor in business performance is whether a company shares profits with workers… …

May 26, 2026 · Luke James

Samsung holds desperate final talks with union over 18-day chip factory strike that could cost $20 billion — government-mediated summit seeks to avert industrial action that could hit HBM production

… In essence, the ongoing dispute centers around the union’s demand that Samsung uncap performance payouts and set them at 15% of operating profit. …

May 11, 2026 · Luke James

Samsung meeting transcripts show memory workers offered incredible 607% bonus worth $477,000, while logic chip staff get as little as 50% — union says misbalance 'creates a retention crisis the company cannot afford'

… SK hynix set a market benchmark last September when it agreed to allocate 10% of annual operating profit directly to employees for the next decade and removed caps on performance payouts. …

May 18, 2026 · Luke James

Samsung reportedly set to distribute up to $26.6 billion to staff in AI-driven semiconductor bonuses after last-minute union deal — average payouts could approach $400,000 per chip employee

… Last September, SK Hynix settled with its own union to allocate 10% of annual operating profit directly to employees as performance bonuses for the next decade, while removing caps on bonuses. …

May 21, 2026 · Etiido Uko

Samsung narrowly avoids 18-day chip strike after last-minute wage deal with 48,000-worker union — tentative deal, subject to workers' vote, suspends billions of dollars worth of potential losses

… Exact terms of the agreement have not been fully disclosed, but the dispute centered on performance bonuses . The union had pushed for Samsung to allocate 15% of annual operating profit to employee bonuses and scrap a 50% annual salary cap on performance payouts. …

May 20, 2026 · Etiido Uko

Samsung and SK Hynix employees are reportedly abandoning overseas training programs to nab up to $400,000 performance bonuses — online dating grades rise as female members 'seeking out SK hynix employees'

… Beyond strikes, life-changing decisions, and financial gain, these massive performance bonuses stemming from AI-driven profit surges are influencing quite unexpected areas of life in South Korea. …

May 20, 2026 · Etiido Uko

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… GPUs The pros and cons of cryptocurrency mining, how to mine Ethereum, safe settings, and potential profits — and losses. GPUs High-performance workstations need to be as stable and reliable as they are fast. …

Jun 24, 2025

Samsung's critical union negotiations break down eight days before planned 18-day chip factory strike that's projected to cost $700 million per day — Korean PM calls emergency meeting as strike looms

… That fell fundamentally short of the union’s demands, which include the scrapping of a cap on bonus pay currently set at 50% of base salary, and the allocation of 15% of annual operating profit to performance payouts. …

May 13, 2026 · Luke James

AI costs begin to bite as agents may increase token demand by 24 times, says Goldman Sachs report — Uber and Microsoft among companies feeling the bite of tokenized billing

… It improves AI performance by several times over, uses a new process node, and will reportedly offer as much as 10 times the performance per watt, making it dramatically more efficient than its predecessors. …

May 27, 2026 · Jon Martindale

Microsoft warns GPU mining malware is being spread to users through SEO poisoning and AI chatbots — cryptojacking campaign targets gamers and high-end PC users with downloads disguised as popular PC utilities

… The malware also appeared engineered specifically to avoid detection by performance-conscious PC users. …

May 29, 2026 · Etiido Uko

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