삼성전자 3분기 매출 67조 '사상 최대', 영업이익<br /><br />South Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Electronics posted a record-breaking performance in the third quarter.<br />Operating profits soared and sales were at an all-time high for any quarter in the company's history.<br />Kim Sung-min reports.<br />Samsung Electronics posted its biggest operating profits in two years in the July to September period,... thanks to increased demand for home appliances and semiconductors.<br />South Korea's leading tech giant announced Thursday that its operating profits amounted to some 10-point-9 billion U.S. dollars, an almost 59 percent jump from the previous year.<br />This came on the back of all-time high quarterly sales, amounting to around 60 billion dollars.<br />It was also a good quarter all sectors in general, including complete products and parts.<br />Among the others, increased demand for mobile phones and home appliances largely contributed to the bumper figures.<br />The operating profit of Samsung's smartphone division jumped around 50 percent, marking its largest spike in six years.<br />Market watchers say this jump reflects Samsung's increased market share after its Chinese rival Huawei was hit by U.S. sanctions.<br />Beating the market's previous forecasts, operating profits for semiconductors also exceeded the previous quarter at some 4-point-8 billion dollars.<br />The price of DRAM chips declined as many tech companies have already stocked up..., but it was buffered by high demand for IT products due to increased social distancing.<br />Chinese tech giant Huawei also contributed to Samsung's sales as they stockpiled memory chips following the U.S. restrictions.<br />However, some experts assume Samsung's performance in the final quarter of 2020 could fall as it has lost Huawei as a major customer.<br />Kim Sung-min, Arirang News.<br />
