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S. Korea Ranks 2nd in Global Chip Sales in 2020

SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, home to major memory chip suppliers like Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., ranked second in global chip sales last year, a report showed Wednesday, although it had extremely weak presence in the fabless segment. Total integrated circuit (IC) sales from South Korea-based firms represented 21 [...]

Samsung, SK hynix Dominate Global Chip Market in 2018

SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chip giants Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. retained their combined leading spot in the global semiconductor market in 2018, an industry tracker said Monday. Samsung’s sales of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips came to US$43.75 billion last year, taking up 43.9 percent of the world [...]