Samsung and a South Korean labor union left the table without a deal on Tuesday. With these negotiations part of a last-ditch effort to salvage relations ahead of a planned May 21 strike that would last two weeks, ripples across the AI biz globally are increasingly likely. The AI hardware world is no doubt holding its breath for what happens next since Samsung’s three manufacturing sites in South Korea , at Giheung, Hwaseong, and Pyeongtaek, all make components for cloud and high performance computing, including crucial AI memory manufacturing—which is at the heart of the labor dispute. Samsung and its bitter local rival SK Hynix are two of only three companies in the world that make it . According to Reuters , union representative Choi Seung-ho said he regretted that “none of the agenda items requested by the union have been addressed.” At issue is a union demand that a cap on bonus pay be abolished.…