Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Division to Receive Maximum First-Half Bonus: 100% of Base Salary

First-Half TAI Announcement, Payout on July 8
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DX Division: 50% for MX and VD, etc.

The Device Solutions (DS) division, responsible for Samsung Electronics' semiconductor business, will receive the maximum limit of "100% of base salary" as a performance bonus for the first half of this year.

Suwon Headquarters of Samsung Electronics, Yeongtong District, Suwon City, Gyeonggi Province. Yonhap News Agency

According to industry sources on July 6, Samsung Electronics announced the Target Achievement Incentive (TAI) payout rate for the first half of this year through its internal network on this day. The DS division will receive the highest half-yearly bonus, benefiting from increased supply of high bandwidth memory (HBM) driven by the artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom and rising prices of general-purpose DRAM. The payment date is scheduled for July 8.

TAI is one of Samsung Electronics' performance-based compensation systems. It evaluates business results twice a year, in the first and second halves, and pays a differentiated bonus of up to 100% of the monthly base salary by combining the evaluation results of each business division and department.

By business division, the Memory Business Unit has been allocated the maximum 100% TAI, continuing from the second half of last year. The System LSI and Foundry Business Units will receive 75%, while the Semiconductor Research Center, SAIT (formerly Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology), and common organizations will also receive 100%.

In contrast, the Device Experience (DX) division, which is responsible for mobile and home appliances, has been assigned a relatively lower payout rate. The Visual Display (VD) Business Unit will receive 50%, and the Digital Appliances (DA) Business Unit will receive 25%. Notably, the Mobile Experience (MX) Business Unit, which oversees smartphones, will receive only 50%—down from 75% in the second half of last year—despite strong sales of the flagship Galaxy S26 series launched in the first half of this year. This is due to increased component costs resulting from the sharp rise in memory prices. In addition, the Medical Device Business Unit and Korea Headquarters will receive 75%, while the Network Business Unit and Corporate Management Support and others will receive 50%.

Affiliated group companies such as Samsung Display, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, and Samsung SDI also announced their TAI payout rates for the first half of this year. At Samsung Display, the Large Panel Business Unit in charge of TV panels will receive 75% of the monthly base salary, while the Medium and Small Panel Business Unit responsible for IT panels will receive 100%. Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Samsung SDI decided on a TAI of 100% and 75% across all business units, respectively.

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