Samsung Electronics is playing the long game in the semiconductor industry, and doing it in a big way. According to the latest report from CEO Score (via @SemiconductorsX), Samsung spent a massive $65 billion in 2025 on factories and research & development. That’s the highest amount among the world’s top 10 chip companies. Just for comparison, Samsung outspent TSMC (the current leader) by more than $15 billion.

Here’s the top 5:

• Samsung Electronics: $65 billion
• TSMC: ~$50 billion
• Intel: ~$29 billion
• SK Hynix: ~$25 billion
• NVIDIA: ~$25 billion

What makes this really impressive is that Samsung kept spending huge amounts of money even in 2023, when the chip market was bad, and its profits had dropped sharply. Samsung clearly believes that the companies that invest and build strong foundations today will win in the future.

This massive $65 billion investment is mainly going toward:

• Stronger memory chips (especially HBM used in AI servers)
• Better advanced manufacturing (like its new 2nm process)
• New future technologies

In the AI era, having enough factory capacity and the best research is very important. Samsung is clearly preparing for long-term leadership.

In simple words, Samsung is very serious about competing with TSMC and taking full advantage of the huge AI demand. The results may not come immediately, but big long-term investments like this often decide which company becomes the leader in the chip industry in the future.

Samsung is betting big on the future. We will have to wait and see if it works, but one thing is clear: Samsung is not holding back at all.

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