# Samsung shares surged more than 15% on Wednesday, pushing the company's market value past the $1 trillion mark.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-05-06 · TechStartups.com*

## Key points

- Samsung's market value surged past $1 trillion amid record first-quarter revenue and profit increases.
- Samsung began mass production and shipment of HBM4, its latest high-bandwidth memory chips, this year.
- Traditional DRAM margins now surpass HBM margins, significantly boosting Samsung's overall profitability.
- Apple has held talks with Samsung and Intel about potentially producing chips in the United States.

**Companies:** Samsung Electronics, Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, SK Hynix
**Countries:** South Korea, United States

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