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Samsung expects profits to jump by more than 1,400%


The South Korean tech giant is benefiting from the AI boom which has lifted the prices of advanced chips.

An artificial intelligence (AI) boom has lifted the prices of advanced chips, driving up the firm's forecast for the second quarter. The South Korean tech giant is the world's largest maker of memory chips, smartphones and televisions. Optimism about AI is one reason for the broader market rally over the last year, which pushed the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in the United States to new records on Wednesday.

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