<div id="readability-page-1">Preemptive production cut: Samsung is reducing chip output to brace for an 18-day strike, an unusual move given high demand for AI-related memory chips. Bonus dispute escalates: The union opposes large bonus gaps between divisions and demands fixed profit-based payouts without caps. Global supply risk: The strike could disrupt supplies to tech giants like Nvidia, Apple, and AMD, with potential economic losses exceeding $20 billion.</div>

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<p>Samsung is cutting chip output in anticipation of an 18-day strike, despite high demand for AI-related memory chips. The union is escalating a bonus dispute, demanding fixed profit-based payouts. This strike poses a risk of supply disruptions to major tech companies like Nvidia, Apple, and AMD, with potential economic losses exceeding $20 billion.</p>

- Samsung is reducing chip production in anticipation of an 18-day strike, despite high demand for AI-related memory chips.  
- The union is escalating its dispute over significant bonus gaps between divisions and is demanding fixed profit-based payouts without caps.  
- The strike poses a risk to global supplies for major tech companies like Nvidia, Apple, and AMD, with potential economic losses exceeding $20 billion.

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