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A Samsung flag flutters outside the company's Seocho building in Seoul on July 5, 2024. Samsung Electronics said on July 5, it expects second-quarter operating profits to rise more than 15-fold on-year as chip prices bounce back and demand for generative AI continues to grow. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)