According to Juheng.com, Samsung Electronics recently released a report showing that chip production in the first quarter of 2020 was 277.4 billion, an increase of 57.4% from 176.2 billion in the same period last year.

In this regard, industry insiders said that the increase in Samsung ’s chip production mainly benefited from the increase in market demand for servers, because countries have adopted blockade measures to suppress the spread of the epidemic, and remote office and education have become a trend, which has pushed up chips And network products.

According to Samsung's previous financial report, Samsung's semiconductor business in the first quarter consolidated revenue was 17.64 trillion won (about 14.4 billion US dollars), and operating profit was 3.99 trillion won (about 3.267 billion US dollars).

Thanks to the strong demand for servers and personal computers, the demand from mobile devices remained stable, and despite the seasonal weakness and the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the revenue of Samsung's memory business has improved. Looking forward to the second quarter, Samsung expects that demand for servers and PCs will remain stable, but mobile demand will decline, so the memory business in the second quarter will remain stable, but overall profitability may decline from the first quarter, due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Significantly affect the demand for several of its core products.

Compared with the output of Samsung ’s electronic chips, Samsung ’s mobile phone and display output has been greatly reduced under the influence of the epidemic. In the first quarter of this year, Samsung produced 58.7 million mobile phones and 1.45 million display products, which were 34.4% and 34.4% lower than last year. 35.5%. In addition, the report pointed out that the operating rate of Samsung ’s mobile communications manufacturing business in the first quarter was only 73.3%, a year-on-year decrease of 16.2%.

In addition, some insiders analyzed that due to the spread of the epidemic in the world, Samsung had to temporarily close factories in countries such as India, Brazil and Mexico. It is not yet known when it will resume work. Samsung's cell phone and TV factory operating rate in the second quarter of this year is likely to decline from the first quarter.