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Employees walk past the logo of the Samsung Electronics Co. at its office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Samsung posts a 15-fold increase in operating profits in last quarter

Samsung Electronics Co. has reported a 15-fold increase in its operating profit for the second quarter this year

By AP News
Published - Jul 31, 2024, 05:08 AM ET
Last Updated - Jul 31, 2024, 05:09 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. reported a 15-fold increase in operating profit for the second quarter this year, largely thanks to a strong demand for memory chips amid the expansion of artificial intelligence technologies.

The South Korean semiconductor and smartphone giant said Wednesday in a statement that its operating profit for the April-June quarter stood at 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion), up from 670 billion won reported in the same period last year.

Samsung said its consolidated revenues rose by about 23% to 74 trillion won ($53 billion). The company said favorable market conditions drove higher average sales prices, while robust sales of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels also contributed to the stronger results.

“Driven by strong demand for HBM (high bandwidth memory) as well as conventional DRAM and server SSDs (solid state drives), the memory market as a whole continued its recovery,” the Samsung release said.

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