South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. saw its third-quarter operating profit rise by nearly 32 per cent on strong demand for chips, according to a report by Pulse, the English service of Maeil Business Newspaper Korea
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported an 18.8 per cent increase in global semiconductor sales for the first quarter of 2025 as compared with first quarter of 2024. As per the report, March 2025 sales hit a record USD 55.9 billion, up 1.8 per cent from February 2025.
The H20 was the most sophisticated artificial intelligence chip allowed for legal export to China, which was already under US national security-related restrictions on high-end semiconductor sales.