Samsung crosses a trillion as quarterly chip sales hit $298B

Claim

Samsung's market capitalization crossed $1 trillion, the second Asian company past that mark, while global semiconductor sales hit $298.5 billion in the first quarter with March alone up 79.2% year over year.

Reported metric: $1T / $298.5B

Reporting date: 2026-05-06 (not necessarily the event date)

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