{"id":96866,"date":"2026-05-06T15:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=96866"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:20:13","slug":"samsungs-market-capitalisation-surpasses-1-trillion-amid-ai-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/samsungs-market-capitalisation-surpasses-1-trillion-amid-ai-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung&#8217;s Market Capitalisation Surpasses $1 Trillion Amid AI Hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 6, Samsung shares surged by over 15%, pushing the company&#8217;s market capitalisation beyond $1 trillion. This milestone makes Samsung the second Asian company, after TSMC, to reach this mark.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-3c622421c7c9cfe7-3670795658953633.webp\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-279632\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Samsung stock chart. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/005930.KS\/\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The company first crossed the $1 trillion threshold on February 26. Now, its shares have surpassed record levels and are on track for the largest single-day gain in history.<\/p>\n<p>The rally followed a strong quarterly <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/samsungs-chip-profits-surge-48-fold-amid-ai-boom\">report<\/a>. Samsung&#8217;s semiconductor division posted record profits in the first quarter, exceeding expert expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Operating profit reached 53.7 trillion won ($36 billion), against a forecast of 35.3 trillion won. The figure increased 48-fold, largely due to high margins on equipment for AI infrastructure and data centres.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe the chip division will set new profit records in the coming quarters, as contract prices rise amid limited supply. They cite a more than 180% increase in semiconductor exports from Korea in the first 20 days of April as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>An additional boost to the stock came from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-05\/apple-explores-using-intel-and-samsung-to-build-main-device-chips-in-the-us?embedded-checkout=true\">Bloomberg report<\/a>: Apple held preliminary talks with Samsung and Intel about manufacturing chips for its devices in the United States. The potential deal would allow the iPhone maker to diversify its supply beyond TSMC.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of the South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix rose by more than 10%. The Kospi index added 6% and climbed above 7000 points for the first time.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Memory: The Engine of Growth<\/h2>\n<p>Sales of the chip manufacturer SK Hynix increased by more than 10%. The Kospi index added 6% and climbed above 7000 points for the first time. High-bandwidth memory supports Samsung&#8217;s profitability, yet the company still faces stiff competition from SK Hynix.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung is closing the gap in the rapidly growing AI memory segment: in February, the company announced it was the first in the world to begin mass production of HBM4 \u2014 sixth-generation chips.<\/p>\n<p>These are expected to become a key component of Nvidia&#8217;s future AI architecture, Vera Rubin, designed for handling resource-intensive tasks in data centres.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/samsung-adopts-crisis-measures-amid-memory-shortage\">is considering transitioning<\/a> to multi-year contracts for memory chip supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 6, Samsung shares surged by over 15%, pushing the company&#8217;s market capitalisation beyond $1 trillion. This milestone makes Samsung the second Asian company, after TSMC, to reach this mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Samsung shares surged over 15%, market cap exceeded $1 trillion, second after TSMC.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1585,1221],"class_list":["post-96866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-samsung","tag-stocks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Samsung shares surged over 15%, market cap exceeded $1 trillion, second after TSMC.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96868,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96866\/revisions\/96868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}