Samsung reached a $1 trillion market valuation after its shares surged as much as 13%—and more than quadrupled over the past year—on booming AI chip demand. It joins TSMC in an elite club as only the second Asian firm to hit the mark.
The rally lifted the Kospi above 7,000, extending gains after South Korea overtook the UK last month to become the world’s eighth-largest stock market.
Samsung, SK Hynix and TSMC are at the center of Asia’s AI chip boom, driving a boom in regional tech stocks on strong demand for advanced processors.



