Samsung chip division's 1-year profit beat past 40 years of profits, combined
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1/21/1970
a day ago
by theanonymousone
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throwa356262
18 hours ago
ksec
This could mean 40 years of negative earnings, near zero profits, low level profits, normal profits or high margin profits.
In reality it is a mixture of everything.
20 hours ago
theplumber
Does this mean the AI will get cheap as soon as Samsung no longer makes 40x profit?
21 hours ago
rz2k
Samsung can increase its prices until they can’t sell all of their output, or they decrease their prices until there are shortages. Anywhere in between is just about allocating the surplus value to Samsung shareholders, executives and workforce or to consumers. If the chips are selling when Samsung is asking 40x profit then the chips are even more valuable than the price they’re charging.
6 hours ago
type0
I'm not sure if anyone wants Bixby, even if it's cheap
12 hours ago
feverzsj
Would they show some mercy to us hardware peasants?
21 hours ago
Fun fact:
The chip division's profit margin is so high they are now refusing to manufacture the next Exynos chip.
(Pre-emptive comment: I actually like Exynos and prefer it to Snapdragon)