SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics reported on Thursday a 32% rise in third-quarter operating profit, as the booming conventional chip market helped offset a gradual recovery in its artificial intelligence chip sales. "The semiconductor market is expected to remain strong, driven by ongoing AI investment momentum," Samsung said in a statement. The world's largest maker of memory chips posted 12.2 trillion won ($8.58 billion) in operating profit for the July to September period, in line with its estimate of 12.1 trillion won. Samsung shares were up 2.7% after the results. ($1 = 1,421.4800 won) (Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin, Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee; Editing by Sonali Paul)
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