SeoulSamsung forecasts 107.4 trillion won profit, a tech world first.
Higher memory prices raise costs for phones and consumer electronics, including Samsung’s own.
AI data centres are absorbing high-bandwidth memory and ordinary DRAM and NAND alike, and supply is lagging demand.
TrendForce expects DRAM contract prices to rise 10% to 15% in the fourth quarter, slowing from roughly 60% in the second.
Samsung’s detailed results, with earnings split by division, arrive on 29 October.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 250+ reports worldwide
- Aol leans favorable
- stresses the 100-trillion-won milestone as a world first for a tech firm and the memory shortage persisting into 2028
- News18
- stresses analysts cutting forecasts 8% and the slowing price rises as a sign chip margins may have peaked
- Yahoo News leans favorable
- leads with the 782.5% year-on-year jump and Shinhan's bullish 'even stronger earnings' view for next year
Sources: Aol, News18, Yahoo News