SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics (KS:) mentioned its third-quarter revenue jumped from a 12 months earlier, however the tempo of restoration weakened from the prior quarter because it struggles to money in on the AI increase that has benefited chip rivals like TSMC and SK Hynix.
The world’s largest maker of reminiscence chips, smartphones and TVs posted on Thursday an working revenue of 9.2 trillion gained within the July to September interval, in contrast with 2.4 trillion gained a 12 months earlier and 10.4 trillion gained the earlier quarter.
The third-quarter end result was barely above Samsung’s preliminary estimate of 9.1 trillion gained flagged earlier this month, which was beneath market expectations on the time.
The South Korean firm this month made a uncommon apology for its disappointing earnings, citing “delays” in gross sales of its superior chips to an unidentified main buyer and rising provide of conventional chips from Chinese language rivals.
Synthetic intelligence is the one shiny spot within the sluggish chip market, however Samsung has been struggling to provide high-end semiconductors utilized in Nvidia (NASDAQ:)’s AI chipsets, making the South Korean firm extra susceptible to lacklustre demand for conventional chips utilized in PCs and smartphones.
In distinction, SK Hynix and TSMC posted sturdy third-quarter earnings, because of AI chip gross sales to trade chief Nvidia.
