Samsung To Spend Over $22 Billion on AI, Auto Tech and 5G

The Samsung conglomerate said it will invest more than $22 billion over the next three years to target such areas as artificial intelligence and auto-technology components, as it seeks out growth drivers beyond phones and memory chips. From a report: The bulk of the spending will be earmarked for Samsung Electronics, the conglomerate's crown jewel. The company is the world's No. 1 maker of smartphones, semiconductors and televisions and last year put more toward capital expenditures than any other publicly traded company. Samsung ïsaid it would invest heavily in four key areas through 2020. Auto tech, artificial intelligence and new fifth-generation, or 5G, cellular technology [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source] -- all of which that fall under Samsung's umbrella -- will draw funding, as will its nascent drug companies specializing in contract manufacturing and biosimilar medications. Samsung, South Korea's largest business empire, spans 62 affiliates as diverse as life insurance and theme parks.

Staggering

[rmdingler]

Samsung [theatlantic.com] is a South Korean juggernaut.

In South Korea, it's apparently a different story. Samsung alone is responsible for 20 percent of the country's $1.1 trillion economy. For reference, government spending there also makes up about 20 percent of GDP.

There's no telling how much influence this translates to within Samsung's home nation.

1,2,4

[Jodka]

from the ./ summary:

"Samsung said it would invest heavily in four key areas through 2020. Auto tech, artificial intelligence and new fifth-generation, or 5G, cellular technology."

That's three, not four.

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[thenitz]

Samsung said it would invest heavily in four key areas through 2020. Auto tech (1), artificial intelligence(2) and new fifth-generation, or 5G, cellular technology (3) [...] will draw funding, as will its nascent drug companies specializing in contract manufacturing and biosimilar medications (4)

The summary is correct, even if the phrasing is tortuous

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[AmiMoJo]

1. Serve the public trust
2. Protect the innocent
3. Uphold the law
4. [Classified]