Samsung chip division's 2026 profit to exceed 40-year cumulative earnings; surpasses Nvidia as world's most profitable company with $58.5B quarterly profit driven by AI memory demand and rising DRAM, NAND prices

Samsung chip division's single-year profits beat its past 40 years of profits, combined, due to increased memory and storage prices — Samsung passes Nvidia to become most profitable company in the world, notches 19x quarterly increase in profit

(Image credit: Getty / JUNG YEON-JE) Samsung announced stellar results last night, noting a 19x quarterly increase in operating profit, allowing the firm to pass Nvidia as the most profitable in the world. Kim Yong-Kwan, president and head of corporate management, strategy, and operations for Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division, said that the semiconductor unit's 2026 operating profit will exceed everything it has earned across roughly 40 years in the chip business at a company t...