First reported by Seoul Economic Daily
Samsung Operating Profit May Top 100 Trillion Won, Nearing Global No. 1
Samsung posts record quarterly profit of 89.4 trillion won, driven by AI chip demand; shares fall 7%
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Daisuke Wakabayashi and Jason Karaian
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Samsung Electronics reported a massive surge in quarterly operating profit — nearly 20 times higher than last year — reaching 89.4 trillion Korean won, driven by soaring demand for AI-related memory chips used in data centres. Despite the record earnings, the company's shares fell 7%, reflecting potential market concerns beyond the headline numbers.
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Samsung Electronics said that its latest quarterly operating profit was nearly 20 times higher than last year's, spurred by a seemingly insatiable demand for memory chips used in data centres for artificial intelligence.
However, despite record earnings, the South Korean tech firm's shares fell 7%.
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