Samsung Electronics Co.’s pivotal chip division reported a smaller-than-expected profit as the world’s largest memory chipmaker fights to narrow the lead arch-rival SK Hynix Inc. has in the artificial intelligence arena.

On the 31st, Samsung Electronics said during the conference call for its 2024 fourth quarter earnings report regarding the impact of DeepSeek in China, "It is too early to judge with current limited information, but we expect both long-term opportunity factors and short-term risk factors to coexist in the market."

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its newest Galaxy S25 smartphones, powered by Qualcomm's chips and Google's artificial-intelligence model, hoping its upgraded AI features can reinvigorate sales and fend off Apple and Chinese rivals.

The operating profit of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics sank almost a third in the fourth quarter owing to spending on research, the company

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says he can't trust Samsung's HBM memory, 'we cannot trust and do business with them because senior executives change frequently'.

Samsung Electronics noted during the earnings conference call for the fourth quarter of 2024, held on the 31st, that "the DRAM business will be more challenging in the first quarter than it was in the fourth quarter of last year,

CR reviews the Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra, noting that the phones offer only modest hardware upgrades and a whole host of new Galaxy AI features.

SK Hynix is the sole supplier of the advanced HBM chips to Nvidia, and had recently clocked a bumper fourth-quarter profit on AI-fueled chip demand. Its fourth-quarter profit also surpassed earnings from Samsung for the quarter.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 sticks to what we liked about last year’s phones while introducing some new AI perks that may prove to be more than just a gimmick.

The operating profit of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics sank almost a third in the fourth quarter owing to spending on research, the company said Friday, as analysts said

Samsung Electronics Co. has obtained approval to supply its high-bandwidth memory chips to Nvidia Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.