based company didn't offer a full-year forecast, but officials expressed optimism about the future. «Samsung Electronics anticipates improvements in both sales and operating profits in the second half of 2005,» Senior Vice President Woosik Chu said in a release, citing an expected increase in demand in the technology industry. Samsung is the biggest producer of DRAM and NAND flash memory chips in the world. It is also one of the largest makers of LCDs along with domestic rival LG.Philips LCD Co. --mor 1249 Local Time 0949 GMT