SEOUL, Jan 28 (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Hynix

on Wednesday posted a forecast-beating quarterly

profit ‌for the October-December period, ​boosted by huge demand

for ‍artificial intelligence that ⁠has ⁠lifted prices for both

advanced and ‌conventional memory ​chips.

The Nvidia ( NVDA ) supplier reported an operating ⁠profit of

19.2 ‍trillion ​won ($13.5 billion) for the fourth quarter,

according to ‍Reuters calculations.

That compared with 8.1 trillion won a year earlier and a

17.7 trillion ​won ‍consensus prediction from LSEG SmartEstimate,

which is ​weighted toward analysts with a more consistent track

record.

SK Hynix will hold a briefing on its ​fourth-quarter earnings

results on Thursday.

($1 = 1,422.2400 won)