Samsung rides chip boom

Samsung posted a record $205.6 billion in revenue for the first half of 2026, with semiconductors contributing $96.2 billion and an extraordinary 97% of operating profit. The mix shows how decisively the AI memory cycle has reshaped the company: phones, displays and appliances still supply scale, but chips are carrying profitability. For the broader industry, Samsung’s numbers confirm that high-bandwidth memory, advanced DRAM and foundry demand remain core bottlenecks for AI infrastructure. They also sharpen competition with SK hynix, Micron and TSMC, because memory pricing and capacity allocation now directly influence cloud providers’ ability to deploy new AI systems.

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• Samsung posts record $205.6B revenue in H1/2026, semiconductors deliver $96.2B or 97% of operating profit - TNGlobalTNGlobal