SEOUL, July 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix ( HXSCF )

posted on Thursday a record quarterly profit, driven

by strong demand for advanced chips used in generative

artificial intelligence chipsets and as some customers

stockpiled semiconductors ahead of potential U.S. tariffs.

The Nvidia ( NVDA ) supplier reported a 9.2 trillion won

($6.69 billion) operating profit for the April-June period

versus 5.5 trillion won a year earlier.

That compared with a 9.0 trillion won average forecast

by LSEG SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward analysts who are

more consistently accurate.

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