Samsung Electronics raises non-memory chip investment to $151 billion through 2030 By Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics (LON:0593xq) Co Ltd said on Thursday it would invest 171 trillion won ($151.10 billion) in non-memory chips through 2030, raising its previous investment target of 133 trillion won announced in 2019.

Samsung competes with bigger rivals Taiwan’s TSMC in contract chip manufacturing and Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) Inc in mobile processing chips.

Samsung will accelerate research and development of advanced chip contract manufacturing processes and construction of production lines, it said in a statement.

The South Korean electronics major added that its third chip production line at Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, will be completed in the second half of 2022.