SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix said Wednesday it plans to maintain its lead in the Chinese market by focusing on quality products, amid concerns that Beijing may reduce imports of South Korean chips by buying more from the United States. “The Chinese market calls for products with [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker by sales, said Thursday it will overhaul its corporate culture to improve efficiency and productivity at its workplace. The electronics giant has recently suffered a decline in its mainstay smartphone business and lack of new growth drivers. In [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it will spend 6 trillion won (US$4.9 billion) this year, similar to last year’s capital spending, to overcome rising challenges from rivals. The chipmaker is faced with global challenges, including falling demand for memory chips and the rise of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean chipmakers are expected to expand their production of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips despite falling market prices in a bid to cope with the rise of Chinese rivals, industry sources said Wednesday. The global contract price for a DDR3 4GB module, the standard in setting the [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix saw its global ranking move up a notch to become the world’s fourth-largest player in the segment in 2014, data showed Wednesday. SK hynix saw its revenue reach US$16.1 billion last year, outpacing Micron Technology by $3 million, the data compiled by IHS Technology showed, narrowing [...]