# Samsung is preparing for a potential strike by workers in its chip division.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-30 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- Samsung reported a record 49-fold year-on-year jump in chip division operating profit this quarter.
- Samsung began industry's first mass-production sales of HBM4 chips for Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform in February.
- Samsung has signed multi-year binding contracts with customers to secure memory chip supplies amid shortages.
- Unions representing most Samsung chip workers in South Korea are considering a strike over pay, threatening production.

**Companies:** Samsung Electronics, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, SK Hynix
**Countries:** South Korea, United States

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