Key points
- Device Solutions generated 106.5 trillion won in operating profit on revenue of 147.1 trillion won.
- HBM4 shipments and demand for server DRAM and enterprise SSDs powered growth rather than a broad PC-market recovery.
- Samsung plans multi-year supply contracts and expects AI infrastructure demand to outpace capacity, with consumer memory prices continuing to rise.
Context
The chip unit is prioritizing HBM4, server DRAM, and enterprise SSDs because constrained capacity and better margins make AI components more attractive than low-priced consumer modules. Samsung expects new CPU and GPU platforms plus cloud-based AI agents to sustain demand for HBM, DDR5, and QLC SSDs, and it is seeking multi-year contracts to reserve supply.
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