The boom in smartphone memory chip sales drove Samsung's expected earnings to a record level in the third quarter of this year, despite analysts warning of a slowdown in demand.
The South Korean company says sales will reach 44 billion in the three months to the end of September.
Compared with the same period last year, an increase of 8 percentage points.
Samsung expects operating profit to grow to 11.
9 billion, about 1.
A record profit of 2 billion more than at the beginning of this year.
Behind the growth is semiconductor or memory chip, sales accounted for about the total profit.