Samsung Electronics Earns 53.7 Trillion Won in Semiconductor Profit in Q1; Home Appliances and Mobile Phones Bring in Only 3 Trillion Won

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[The Financial News] Samsung Electronics announced on the 30th that it posted consolidated sales of 133.9 trillion won and operating profit of 57.2 trillion won in the first quarter of this year. The company achieved record-high quarterly sales and operating profit, driven by innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and proactive market response.
Of that total, the semiconductor (DS) division recorded sales of 81.7 trillion won and operating profit of 53.7 trillion won. Memory semiconductors drove the results. With market prices rising and supply remaining limited, the company actively met demand for high-value-added AI products and posted its best quarterly performance ever.
Samsung also became the first in the industry to begin mass production and sales of HBM4 and the next-generation low-power memory module SOCAMM2 at the same time. It also led the memory market by developing PCIe Gen6 SSD on schedule.
The Device eXperience (DX) Division recorded sales of 52.7 trillion won and operating profit of 3 trillion won. Within the division, the MX (Mobile Experience) Business Division saw sales and profit grow on the back of steady flagship sales and a higher share of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra sales.
Looking ahead to the second quarter, the DS Division is expected to see further improvement in earnings as memory prices continue to rise amid sustained expansion in AI infrastructure investment.
The DX Division plans to focus on expanding premium product sales and improving structural cost efficiency. It will also work to strengthen organizational competitiveness over the medium to long term, improve its fundamental business structure, and secure new growth engines for the future.
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