三星芯片利润暴跌94%！

Core Viewpoint - Samsung Electronics reported a significant decline in Q2 performance, with operating profit dropping 55.8% year-on-year to 4.7 trillion KRW, primarily due to a 94% plunge in chip business profits [2] Group 1: Financial Performance - Samsung's device solutions (DS) department saw operating profit fall from 6.5 trillion KRW in the same quarter last year to only 0.4 trillion KRW, an 85% decrease attributed to inventory value adjustments and one-time costs [2] - The chip business revenue decreased from 28.56 trillion KRW to 27.9 trillion KRW year-on-year [2] - The financial director, Soon-cheol Park, indicated expectations for a rebound in performance in the second half of the year, driven by recovery in the IT sector due to AI and robotics [2] Group 2: Competitive Landscape - Samsung faces intense competition from SK Hynix in the storage chip market, with SK Hynix reportedly matching Samsung's storage chip revenue in Q2 [2] - In the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) sector, crucial for AI computing, Samsung is lagging behind SK Hynix, which is expected to maintain its leading position until the end of the year [3]