Micron and TSMC raise capital spending, 250 billion and 560 billion dollars in scale

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix face a fixed annual burden of tens of trillions of won in performance bonuses, while major global semiconductor competitors are moving to expand capital investment. According to the industry, Micron and TSMC have raised their capital spending plans for this year. The companies have incorporated large-scale capital investments into their plans for this year.

Micron increased its planned capital spending for this year from 200 billion dollars to 250 billion dollars. The company said it had incorporated the increase into its investment plan for this year. The increase announcement has been made public.

Micron presented a plan to invest up to 20 billion dollars over the next 1000 years in its megafab in Clay, New York. The company described this as a long-term investment plan. A separate announcement is needed for the specific execution schedule.

TSMC has raised its capital expenditure this year to as much as 560hundred million dollars. The company said this figure represents more than half of its cumulative capital expenditure over the past 3years. TSMC is expanding its production bases beyond Taiwan into the United States and Europe.

SK hynix paid employees approximately 4trillion 7000hundred million won in performance bonuses. The company said it made the payment early this year. The bonuses were paid to employees.

Based on industry estimates that operating profit this year is expected to be around 250trillion won, approximately 25trillion won in performance bonuses are expected to be paid early next year. This estimate is based on projections from the industry. No specific finalized plan has been disclosed.