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Samsung Electronics reported a third-quarter operating profit of 107.44 trillion won ($80.4 billion), up 783.1% from a year earlier, setting a new quarterly record, according to Yonhap and Korea Times. Revenue rose 126.9% to 195.25 trillion won, with the semiconductor (DS) division alone contributing about 106 trillion won, per Kyunghyang Shinmun. The company also announced a 30 trillion won ($22.5 billion) dividend, a 12-fold increase per share, to address its sluggish share price. Business Korea notes Samsung is the first global tech firm to top 100 trillion won in quarterly operating profit, driven by AI chip demand. Korean media frame this as an 'AI supercycle' windfall, though Samsung Biologics separately saw Q3 net income fall 21.2%, and Samsung SDI swung to profit on ESS battery demand.