Samsung profit surges ninefold to $80bn on AI chip demand - Financial Times — SkimNews
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- Samsung reported $80 billion in quarterly profit, a ninefold (783%) surge driven by AI chip demand, in its Q3 2026 earnings.
- Samsung's $80B quarter ranks as the highest quarterly profit ever recorded by a tech company, per Reuters.
Why it matters: Samsung just set a new bar for quarterly tech profitability, powered almost entirely by the AI chip boom — but Moomoo's headline notes peer Micron's stock failed to rally on the news, suggesting chip-sector gains are already priced in and investors are looking elsewhere for the next catalyst.
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