Dividends or buybacks: Samsung, SK hynix divide on AI windfall

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have unveiled their largest-ever shareholder return programs, moving to share more of the windfall from the artificial intelligence chip boom with investors. The two chipmakers are taking sharply different routes. Samsung is leaning on dividends, while SK hynix is pursuing a massive share buyback and cancellation program — a contrast shaped by their different ownership and financial structures. SK hynix moved first with a 40 trillion won ($28.7 billion) plan to b