A woman walks past the Samsung Electronics building in Seoul, June 29. Yonhap
Employees of Samsung Electronics' semiconductor business will receive performance bonuses of up to 100 percent of their base salary for the first half of this year, the company said Monday.
According to a notice, employees in the lucrative chip division will receive the maximum payout of 100 percent, matching last year's second-half bonus. The payments will be made on Wednesday.
The strong payouts come as the semiconductor industry enters an unprecedented AI supercycle, driven by rising shipments of high-bandwidth memory (HBM).
Analysts estimate that Samsung's memory division generated operating profit of about 140 trillion won ($91 billion) in the first half alone. Full-year operating profit could approach 350 trillion won.
