Samsung Electronics has reported that weak demand for its memory chips is expected to limit earnings growth in the current quarter, with its problems compounded by US restrictions on supplying advanced semiconductors used in artificial intelligence hardware.
The South Korean company said on Friday that it expects overall memory chip demand to start recovering in the second quarter. Its shares fell around 2.5 per cent on disappointment at the weak earnings forecast.
“In the first quarter of 2025 . . . overall earnings improvement may be limited due to weakness in the semiconductor business,” Samsung, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said in a statement.