Samsung to pour $30bn into booming chip business

Top memory maker seizes initiative in field growing amid pandemic

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Samsung's ability to leverage its technological edge helps to maintain profit margins and generate cashflow for big investment plans. (Photo courtesy of the company)

KOTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics looks set to invest more than $30 billion in its semiconductor operations for the first time this year, spending aggressively amid the coronavirus to tap steady demand for memory and ramp up its foundry business.

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