Smartphones no longer provides Samsung revenue growth, earlier the company gives its market position more flexible Chinese competitors. According to some estimates, in the third quarter engaged in production of semiconductor products division of Samsung for the first time in three years will receive a higher operating profit compared with the division to produce smartphones.
If this trend will continue in the future, voiced edition Reuters Samsung's intention to build a new plant for the production of chips by 2017, will increase the company's income from the activity. The enterprise value of $ 14.7 billion. Would be commissioned in the second half of 2017. It is located 75 km south of Seoul.
What type of products will be manufactured by the company is not specified. It can be both microprocessors and memory chips. The emergence of a new factory will allow Samsung to increase the volume of chips output on a dozen or two percent. Since Samsung is a contract manufacturer of chips, the company will be able to benefit even from the situation, which implies a decrease in demand for their own smartphones. The main thing is that the whole industry has not declined.