On January 11, 2021, according to Nikkei news, Samsung Electronics is expected to invest more than $30 billion in its semiconductor business for the first time this year to stabilize its memory chip capacity and expand its OEM business.
The company said in October last year that it expected the total investment in the semiconductor business in 2020 to be 28.9 trillion won (about 26.5 billion US dollars), 28% higher than that in 2019, reaching a record high. An equipment manufacturer said it had a capacity plan for 2021, which showed that semiconductor investment would increase by 20% to 30% over last year.