Samsung reports record profit as South Korean chip giants benefit from global AI boom

Samsung and SK Hynix, the world's two largest memory chip makers, reported record-breaking quarterly profits, driven by surging demand for advanced HBM chips used in AI applications. Despite this, their stock prices fell due to investor concerns over massive capital expenditure plans and intensifying competition from Chinese chip manufacturers.

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