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Samsung’s semiconductor employees could receive average bonuses of around Rs. 3.25 crore as AI-driven demand boosts chip profits. The company reported a 49-fold rise in income, creating a bonus pool estimated at $26.5 billion. A union-backed profit-sharing deal tied payouts to earnings, helping avert a potential strike.

The global artificial intelligence boom has delivered a windfall for Samsung's semiconductor workforce, with tens of thousands of employees reportedly set to receive life-changing payouts after the company's chip division recorded extraordinary earnings growth.

Samsung's semiconductor business has posted a staggering 49-fold increase in chip income in its latest quarter, driven by surging demand for datacentre memory chips from AI companies worldwide. The rally has helped Samsung cross a trillion-dollar valuation, making it only the second Asian company to do so after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), underscoring the scale of the AI-driven hardware boom reshaping global industry.

A $26.5 billion bonus pool

Samsung's largest union has approved a substantial profit-sharing agreement covering the company's roughly 78,000 chip-making employees, who manufacture semiconductors and memory chips used in smartphones, laptops, automobiles, and AI data centres. Estimates suggest the total bonus payout could reach approximately $26.5 billion, reflecting the extraordinary scale of the division's recent earnings.