Samsung workers could be about to strike, potentially making GPUs, memory, and SSDs even more expensive

As if the chip supply situation wasn't bad enough already, there could be a new twist in the tale, as Samsung - one of the world's largest memory and NAND manufacturers - could soon be facing factory shutdowns, reducing global production capacity and driving up prices. A threatened strike involving over 43,000 workers in Korea would see over half the company's semiconductor production workforce taken out of action, in turn dropping global production of memory and NAND by 3-4%. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Samsung workers could be about to strike, potentially making GPUs, memory, and SSDs even more expensive

May 18, 2026 - 17:00
Samsung workers could be about to strike, potentially making GPUs, memory, and SSDs even more expensive
As if the chip supply situation wasn't bad enough already, there could be a new twist in the tale, as Samsung - one of the world's largest memory and NAND manufacturers - could soon be facing factory shutdowns, reducing global production capacity and driving up prices. A threatened strike involving over 43,000 workers in Korea would see over half the company's semiconductor production workforce taken out of action, in turn dropping global production of memory and NAND by 3-4%.

Read the full story on PCGamesN: Samsung workers could be about to strike, potentially making GPUs, memory, and SSDs even more expensive

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