SEOUL, Oct 29 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix

posted on Wednesday a record quarterly profit,

spurred by an AI boom that has driven up demand for both

advanced chips and conventional products.

The Nvidia ( NVDA ) supplier reported an 11.4 trillion won

($8.02 billion) operating profit for the July-September period

versus 7 trillion won a year earlier.

That compared with an 11.4 trillion won forecast by LSEG

SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward analysts who are more

consistently accurate.

($1 = 1,421.4800 won)