Samsung Electronics attained a $1 trillion market valuation on May 6, 2026, marking a historic milestone fueled by robust demand for AI chips and a broader semiconductor stock surge. As the world's largest memory chipmaker, it supplies critical high-bandwidth memory (HBM), DRAM, and NAND chips for AI servers and data centers. Shares jumped nearly 11-12% that day, having more than quadrupled over the past year, making Samsung only the second Asian company after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to reach this threshold. The semiconductor division reported a record operating profit of 53.7 trillion won ($36.15 billion) in the March quarter, soaring 48-fold year-on-year, with HBM revenue expected to grow over threefold. Tight supply conditions are projected to sustain elevated chip prices into 2027, though mobile and display divisions faced profit declines.