Samsung looks to diversify with $116bn bet on logic chips

Memory market leader plans challenge to TSMC and Intel

Samsung unveils a 5G smartphone at a February event. The company seeks to lead the market for logic chips such as processors, which are expected to see rising demand as 5G technology takes off. (Photo courtesy of Samsung Electronics)

KENICHI YAMADA and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

April 25, 2019 05:15 JST

SEOUL/TAIPEI -- Samsung Electronics will invest 133 trillion won ($116 billion) by 2030 to strengthen its non-memory semiconductor businesses, aiming to gain an edge in a logic chip market expected to see increased demand in the 5G era.