On the 31st, Samsung Electronics announced during its earnings conference call that it has made a capital expenditure (CAPEX) investment of 11.1 trillion won. The capital expenditure for the second quarter decreased by 900 billion won compared to the previous quarter, with 9.8 trillion won allocated to the institutional sector division and 800 billion won to the display sector. Investment in memory continued at a level similar to the previous quarter, focusing on converting to advanced processes to secure competitive advantages for high-value-added products such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in response to demand.
It was noted that in the case of foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing), conservative investment operations centered on utilizing existing lines led to a decrease in investment compared to the previous quarter, while investments in displays slightly increased compared to the previous quarter due to supplemental investment in small and medium-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel lines.