SEOUL, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF )

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 world's largest maker of memory chips posted 12.2

trillion won ($8.58 billion) in operating profit for the July to

September period.

The result was in line with its estimate of 12.1 trillion

won.

($1 = 1,421.4800 won)