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Samsung chip workers vote to accept $340,000 average bonus, ending months-long strike threat — resentment over deal has slowed down Samsung foundry division

Samsung Electronics' largest union has ratified a compensation deal that will pay semiconductor workers an average bonus of roughly $340,000, according to Bloomberg . …

May 27, 2026 · Luke James

IBM spins off America's first quantum chip foundry with $2 billion in federal and private funding — newly-minted 'Anderon' foundry to offer 300mm quantum wafer fab and manufacturing services

… Those seven non-foundry companies are required to give the federal government a minority, non-controlling equity stake in exchange for funding. …

May 26, 2026 · Luke James

Samsung $400,000 worker bonuses near approval after clearing legal challenge — non-chip employees in line for just $4,000 launch last-minute bid to scupper deal with union

… The vote closes Wednesday and is widely expected to pass, since an estimated 80% to 90% of the SELU's 57,290 voting members work in Samsung's semiconductor division, the primary beneficiary of the deal. …

May 26, 2026 · Luke James

Samsung's $400,000 payout for memory workers sparks revolt as other divisions get only $4,000, fueling intentional production slowdowns — internal resentment disrupts packaging operations, major AI chip project decisions to a complete halt

… The deal allocates 10.5% of the semiconductor division's operating profit as stock-based bonuses, with an additional 1.5% in cash. …

May 23, 2026 · Luke James

Intel, SK hynix shares surge following reports of chip packaging partnership — SK is said to be testing Intel's 2.5D EMIB for HBM integration

… Intel CFO Dave Zinsner told the Morgan Stanley TMT conference in March that the foundry division is "close to closing some deals that are in the billions per year in terms of revenue" on advanced packaging alone. …

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'

… Samsung's Device Solutions division houses three businesses under one roof: memory, System LSI, and foundry. …

May 18, 2026 · Luke James

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

… Samsung had resisted those demands, arguing that profit-sharing across its businesses was complicated because its booming memory division and weaker logic/foundry operations were performing very differently. …

May 20, 2026 · Etiido Uko

Chinese university builds 3D chip design tool tailored to Huawei's ‘LogicFolding’ architecture — 3D design delivers increased performance and better thermal management

… "No single company can independently find all the answers along the path of semiconductor evolution," He Tingbo, chairwoman of the Huawei Scientist Committee and president of the company's semiconductor business department, said at a media briefing on Monday. …

May 28, 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

… A one-day strike in April offered a glimpse of what a full stoppage could look like: Samsung's memory fab output fell 18% on the affected night shift, and its contract foundry output dropped 58%. …