Sk Hynix

The $100B memory war: Inside the battle for AI's future

Feature The AI gold rush is so large that even third place is lucrative

Storage16 Oct 2025 | 9

OpenAI ropes in Korean giants Samsung and SK Hynix to feed its AI megaproject

Duo pledge memory for Stargate to the tune of 900k DRAM wafer starts a month

Storage02 Oct 2025 | 4

SK Hynix cranks up the HBM4 assembly line to prep for next-gen GPUs

Top AI chipmakers count on faster, denser, more efficient memory to boost training

AI + ML12 Sep 2025 | 1

Uncle Sam doesn't want Samsung, SK Hynix making memories in China

End of verified end user status means South Korean memory vendors will need licenses to bring restricted chipmaking tech into Chinese fabs

Systems29 Aug 2025 | 36

US biz stockpilers boost SK Hynix top line as memory market undergoes structural change

'Inventory accumulation' as vendors hoard HBM amid tariff and other pressures

Storage24 Apr 2025 |

SK hynix has probably already sold most of the HBM DRAM it will make next year

As this year’s buyers rush to beat Trump’s tariffs

On-Prem28 Mar 2025 | 6

NAND flash prices plunge amid supply glut, factory output cut

Flaky demand for PCs and smartphones blamed

Storage17 Feb 2025 | 14

SK hynix wobbles on market uncertainty, despite record 2024 earnings

Shares slide at 'most profitable' company in Korea as world worries over geopolitics

Storage23 Jan 2025 |

Former SK hynix chip engineer gets 1.5 years in prison for IP theft

Printed around 4,000 pages of tech before leaving for a job at Huawei

Systems08 Nov 2024 | 10

Jensen Huang asked SK hynix to give Nvidia 12-layer HBM4 chips earlier

12-layer HBM3E hardly off the manufacturing line

Storage05 Nov 2024 | 1

With record revenue, SK hynix brushes off suggestion of AI chip oversupply

How embarrassing for Samsung

AI + ML24 Oct 2024 |

Samsung's HBM3E has been a disaster, but there's a path back

Comment 274% profit increase belies missed deadlines, botched launches, and scrambling leadership

Systems15 Oct 2024 | 1

SK hynix begins mass production of 36 GB 12-layer HBM3E

Should be Jensen Huang's hands in less than 60 days

Storage26 Sep 2024 | 2

SK hynix pumps billions into HBM chips to meet AI demand

It's already sold out of stock for this year and next

Storage01 Jul 2024 |

SK hynix shimmies towards AI silicon by driving merger of South Korean Nvidia challengers

Sapeon and Rebellions think they can do better together

Systems13 Jun 2024 |

Hunger for more HBM capacity could cause shortage DRAM-a

Analyst warns of another unfortunate side effect of AI

Storage21 May 2024 |

SK hynix's high bandwidth memory buffet fully booked till 2025

Micron also riding the AI wave with 128 GB DDR5 RDIMMs

Storage02 May 2024 | 1

SK hynix breaks Q1 revenue records on back of AI boom

Memory biz ditches NAND production plans to make more crucial HBM tech

Storage25 Apr 2024 |

SK hynix said to be building $4B memory packaging plant in Indiana

Up and running in 2028, making crucial HBM, among other tech, reportedly

Storage26 Mar 2024 | 2

SK hynix posts surprise profit after AI boosts memory prices

This may be the best bad news we've had all year

Systems25 Jan 2024 |

ASML joins with Samsung, SK hynix, for chip research lab in South Korea

'Semiconductor alliance' forms as Huawei debuts another chip it shouldn't be able to make

On-Prem13 Dec 2023 | 2

Micron, SK-Hynix's shipping bandwidth-boosting LPDDR5 for on-device AI

So long as you don’t mind that it's soldered down

Systems26 Oct 2023 |

SK hynix puts the boot into Kioxia-Western Digital merger

'The company is not agreeing to the deal at this time'

Storage26 Oct 2023 |

US allows Samsung and SK hynix to keep making chips in China

Investments protected, diplomatic rift averted … even Beijing likes it

Systems10 Oct 2023 | 7

The clock is ticking and Korea wants to know if its chipmakers will get their export license extension

SK hynix and Samsung do so much memory-making in China, ending sanction exemptions would be extraordinary

Systems22 Sep 2023 | 7

SK hynix vice-chair denies selling to Huawei, calls for memory probe

Asia In Brief PLUS: Hong Kong’s CoinEx crypto exchange frozen; Uber eyes off India; and more!

Personal Tech18 Sep 2023 | 2

SK hynix says no Huawei its memory should be in Chinese wonder-phone

The Mate 60 Pro keeps making waves – this time worrying Korean chipmaker

Legal08 Sep 2023 | 20

SK hynix ships blazing fast HBM3E DRAM samples – but most customers have to wait

Everything in 2023 is about AI, which this silicon is said to speed

HPC23 Aug 2023 |

South Korea's biggest mobile telco says 5G has failed to deliver on its promise

Inflated expectations and an underdeveloped ecosystem have led to consumer disappointment

Networks21 Aug 2023 | 35

Wafer shipments still down, but chipmakers are looking up

AI runs on chips, remember

Systems27 Jul 2023 | 2

Korea hopes US will extend sanction exemptions for SK hynix and Samsung

Stuck in the middle or not, supply chains – and the Korean economy – must carry on

Legal10 May 2023 | 1

Weak memory demand leaves both Samsung and SK hynix nursing losses

With inventory surplus still an issue, revenues are 'bottoming out'

Systems27 Apr 2023 | 1

Don't get in a semiconductor 'doom spiral' – sector will be back with a bang in 2024

Next year's revenue forecast to surpass the halcyon days of 2022

Systems26 Apr 2023 | 2

SK hynix CEO says CHIPS Act red tape may be too sticky to bother

Updated Korean chipmaker created an org to keep it ahead of geopolitical messes

On-Prem30 Mar 2023 | 1

South Korea warns US: The CHIPS Act leaves a sour taste

Minister wants to protect Samsung, SK hynix, from having to give up the crown jewels to score subsidies

Legal09 Mar 2023 | 18

White House ban on US chip cash going into China ruffles South Koreans

Pretty awkward for Samsung, SK Hynix and their Middle Kingdom fabs

Systems02 Mar 2023 | 3

US to impose caps on Korean chip shops working in China

Multilateral trade actions also aim to stop China and Russia using biotech to create 'super soldiers'. Really!

Systems24 Feb 2023 | 4

Semiconductor world in for a rough ride as chip bubble bursts at the high end

Analysis Just don't expect foundry spending to stop anytime soon

Systems04 Feb 2023 | 27

SK hynix reports first loss in a decade as memory prices fall

Chip giant holding out hope that demand rebounds once supplies dry up

Systems01 Feb 2023 |

SK hynix debuts 'world's fastest mobile DRAM', predicts it will move to power AI/ML and AR/VR

Something to keep manufacturers happy while they wait for the joy of LPDDR6

Systems25 Jan 2023 | 3

2022 started with a bang but ended with a whimper for semiconductor companies

Global revenues grew just 1.1% compared to 25% the year before

Systems17 Jan 2023 | 1

South Korea to offer tax breaks to hedge semiconductor woes

Large chip manufacturers may be offered tax credits of up to 15% to invest in the country

Systems03 Jan 2023 |

Non-binary DDR5 is finally coming to save your wallet

Need a New Year's resolution? How about stop paying for memory you don't need

Storage02 Jan 2023 | 82

Think Korean chipmakers will buy Arm? Think again

The UK chip designer is suing another firm that has an interest, so IPO it is?

Systems07 Nov 2022 | 6

2023: The year SK Hynix expects profit-whacking dip to end, and 238 layer RAM to debut

Reduces investments and production as buying cycles bite

Systems26 Oct 2022 | 5

SK hynix, Samsung, TSMC granted one-year reprieve from China chip restrictions

Uncle Sam is giving out exemptions like Halloween candy to its allies

Systems13 Oct 2022 | 5

South Korea relieved US China chip ban won't bite, as Beijing fumes

Asia In Brief PLUS: SK hynix outgasses Putin; Canon's new litho plant; Equinix into Indonesia; and more!

On-Prem10 Oct 2022 | 5

SK hynix to plow $11b into South Korean fab complex

Leadership believes path to recovery is through investing in times of crisis

Systems06 Sep 2022 |

Inflation worries push PC and mobile DRAM demand down, with pricing to follow

Samsung, SK hynix, Micron are in for some pain, claims analyst, plus signs point to stockpiled customer inventory

Storage16 Aug 2022 |

US mulls more export bans – this time, memory – in war on Chinese chipmakers

Rumored measures put Samsung and SK Hynix in the blast radius

Storage01 Aug 2022 | 16

SK hynix and Los Alamos Labs to demo key-value store accelerating SSD

Updated KV Computational Storage Device will be hauled out at Flash Memory Summit next week

Storage01 Aug 2022 | 1

SK Group pledges $22b for US chip, battery manufacturing

Plus Kioxia, WD snag a $680 million cash infusion from Japan

On-Prem27 Jul 2022 | 3

Seagate lowers production and sales forecasts amid weakening economy

US datacenter demand holding up, floundering in China. Consumers? 'Spending money on other things'

Storage22 Jul 2022 |

SK hynix reviews investments as chip market slows

When the chips are down: Memory device maker the latest to evaluate direction

Systems15 Jul 2022 |

SK hynix pitches tents at Chinese factory to house workers in case of lockdowns

City of Wuxi trying its best to keep factories open amid COVID outbreak

On-Prem07 Jul 2022 | 3

Qualcomm among queue of suitors chasing a stake in Arm

Chipmaker interested in forming a consortium for purchase – and so is SK hynix, Intel

Systems31 May 2022 | 13