Samsung had Q3 operating profit of $12.9 billion on sales of $55 billion with $9 billion of the profit coming from semiconductor sales of $17.7 billion. Capex for next year will be $42 billion, with most of it ear-marked for chip fabs. The operating profit was 148% up on Q3 2016 propelled by the 77% ...

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