Samsung Electronics: components and finished devices

Names and abbreviations on this page

KRW — South Korean won. A currency code identifying amounts in South Korean won.

CHIPS — Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors. The name used for United States legislation and programs supporting semiconductor manufacturing and research.

TSMC — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited. A company that manufactures semiconductor chips for customers.

ASML — ASML (company name). A Dutch company supplying machines used to manufacture microchips.

CATL — Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited. A manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage.

FY2025 — Fiscal year 2025. An organisation’s reporting year, which need not match the calendar year. The dates on the page identify the period.

Scale or institutional role

Consolidated annual revenue: KRW 333.6 trillion

Period: Year ended December 31, 2025

Samsung Electronics company-wide consolidated revenue; includes more than semiconductor component sales. [1]

Scale and supply role

Samsung Electronics reported KRW 333.6 trillion of revenue for 2025. Its results distinguish Device Solutions, including memory and chipmaking businesses, from other operations. The company supplies components while also selling finished products, so its entire revenue should not be presented as semiconductor revenue or compared with a specialized supplier without qualification. [1]

Ownership and control

Its ownership disclosure for the end of the second quarter of 2026 groups common shares among foreign investors, domestic institutions, individuals and major shareholders with related parties. The latter group is reported at approximately 20%. These categories show a listed company with a significant related-party shareholder bloc; they do not identify all holders as one decision-maker. [2]

Cross-border investment

A December 2024 U.S. Commerce announcement describes Samsung’s planned investment of more than US$37 billion in Central Texas, including new advanced chip facilities and expansion of its Austin operation. This is a documented industrial link between South Korea and the United States. The announcement describes plans and expected outcomes, not proof that each facility was complete then. [3]

Public money and policy

The same award provides up to US$4.745 billion in CHIPS direct funding, tied to project milestones. The ceiling on support differs from total private investment and actual disbursement. Reuters reported the finalized award was smaller than a preliminary estimate, following revised investment plans. [3] [4]

Scrutiny and interpretation

Track completed capacity, staffing and public-money milestones against the original commitments. Also separate governance questions from assumptions about nationality. Supplier relationships and subsidies demonstrate economic interdependence and bargaining; they do not establish that the company or its investors share one political program.

Related learning

TSMC: contract chip manufacturing

ASML: semiconductor equipment and export licensing

CATL: batteries, investment and trade scrutiny

How size and influence are compared

Follow the money and the type of relationship

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