Samsung Eyes Six-Year High Profit as AI Chip Crunch Drives Prices Skyward

• Samsung expects its largest quarterly profit in six years, driven by an AI-fueled chip shortage.
• Operating profit for Oct-Dec period estimated at 16.9 trillion won, a 160% year-on-year increase.
• Surge fueled by rising demand for memory chips for AI and constrained supply of advanced semiconductors.
• DDR5 DRAM prices tripled in Q4; conventional DRAM prices expected to climb up to 60% this quarter.
• Samsung, a key beneficiary of pricing cycle, aims to regain market share in high-end AI chips like HBM4.

Why It Matters: Samsung's profit soars to a six-year high, fueled by AI-driven chip demand and rising memory prices.