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Subscribe to our newsletter As the memory crisis continues to rage on, Samsung Electronics, Samsung's manufacturing arm, seems set to make a whole bucketload of pennies in return.

It just reported its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2026, effectively an estimate, and the figures are rather monumental.First up is consolidated sales, which Samsung suggests will sit at 133 trillion Korean won ($88.6 billion).

That is just under 40 trillion above the fourth quarter of 2025, and 54 trillion above the first quarter of 2025.

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That is a huge increase.Samsung Electronics is one of the biggest suppliers of memory, alongside the likes of SK Hynix and Micron.

As such, it's in a bit of a privileged position of being able to sell out of pretty much whatever memory it can make.

Just last month, it was rumoured that Samsung was looking at a price increase of over 100%.

Notably, operating profit estimates sit at 57.2 trillion Korean won, which is just under half of its sales ## Editor's Note The implications of this news could be significant for the industry. Source: [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/memory/samsung-is-cashing-in-on-the-memory-crisis-as-it-estimates-profits-of-over-8-times-this-period-last-year/)