Samsung Electronics’ shares surged after record earnings and rising demand for AI memory chips pushed the South Korean tech giant beyond the $1 trillion market value milestone.
Samsung Electronics’ market value has gone beyond $1 trillion milestone as investors continued pouring into artificial intelligence-linked stocks.
The South Korean tech giant’s shares surged more than 15 per cent on Wednesday (06.05.26).
The rally followed the company’s record-breaking first-quarter earnings, with operating profit soaring more than eightfold to 57.2 trillion won and revenue climbing to an all-time high of 133.9 trillion won.
Samsung’s quarterly operating profit also exceeded its entire profit for 2025.
The firm became only the second Asian company to surpass a $1 trillion valuation after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., with its stock reaching a record high and heading for its biggest ever single-day gain.
Investor confidence was also boosted by a Bloomberg report that Apple has held exploratory talks with Samsung and Intel about manufacturing chips for Apple devices in the United States.
The wider South Korean chip sector also rallied, with SK Hynix jumping more than 10 per cent as the Kospi index climbed above 7,000 for the first time.
Demand for AI-driven memory chips continues to fuel the industry’s growth, particularly high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, products used in advanced AI systems.
In February, Samsung announced it had begun mass production of HBM4 chips, expected to support future AI platforms from Nvidia.
Samsung Electronics surpasses $1 trillion valuation amid AI chip boom
