Samsung Electronics expects to announce record preliminary second-quarter earnings on Monday.

Forecasts project an operating profit of approximately 85 trillion won ($55.5 billion).

This result could surpass Nvidia’s record for the highest quarterly profit among global technology companies.

The ongoing artificial intelligence chip super cycle drives the surge in profitability.

Strong demand and pricing for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) boost the memory division's earnings.

Some securities firms project an operating profit as high as 99.3 trillion won.