Samsung's' AI wealth gap 'exposed: chip employees receive 2.32 million yuan in bonuses, while non chip departments only receive 27000 yuan According to BlockBeats, on May 27th, Samsung Electronics employees voted to pass the latest compensation agreement, avoiding a large-scale strike originally planned to last for 18 days. About 74% of employees support the plan, and Samsung's stock price rose by 8% on the same day. According to the agreement, employees of Samsung's chip division will receive a fixed cash bonus equivalent to 50% of their annual salary, as well as a special bonus of 10.5% of semiconductor business profits, partially in the form of stocks. Bloomberg estimates that the average bonus for chip department employees is about 513 million Korean won (approximately 2.32 million yuan), and some storage chip employees can even receive bonuses of up to 600 million Korean won. In contrast, the average bonus for non chip employees is only about 6 million Korean won (approximately 27000 yuan), and the 100 fold income gap has sparked internal controversy. Driven by the demand for AI infrastructure, Samsung's semiconductor business has seen a significant increase in profits. In the first quarter of this year, the profit of its chip division surged 48 times year-on-year. The market expects Samsung's annual operating profit to reach 300 trillion Korean won, far exceeding the historical peak in 2018. At the same time, the market value of SK Hynix and Micron has recently exceeded $1 trillion for the first time, and the market is continuing to bet on the global storage chip super cycle brought by AI. [Original link]