SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it swung to a profit in the first quarter of this year on the back of rising global demand for premium memory chip products used for artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The world’s second-largest memory chipmaker posted an operating profit of 2.88 trillion won (US$2.09 [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc. said Wednesday it will ramp up production capacity of next-generation DRAMs in response to rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors. Earlier in the day, the world’s second-largest memory chip maker decided in a board meeting to invest 5.3 trillion won (US$3.85 billion) to convert a [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Friday it has set up a strategic partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) aimed at bolstering its capabilities in producing premium high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips and advanced packaging technologies. Under the memorandum of understanding agreed recently in Taipei, Taiwan, the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it will invest US$3.87 billion to build an advanced packaging fabrication and R&D facility in the United States amid intensifying competition in the high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) memory semiconductor sector. The new facility, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, will begin mass-producing [...]
The company’s facility for AI memory chips marks the largest single economic development in the history of the state WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. announced Wednesday (April 3) that it plans to invest close to $4 billion to build an advanced packaging fabrication and R&D facility for AI products [...]
SK hynix’s new West Lafayette plant and investment in research and development bolsters Indiana’s booming semiconductor ecosystem, attracting talent and supporting US innovation, technology and security WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg and Purdue University President Mung Chiang joined federal partners and executives of [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it has started mass production of the latest high band width memory (HBM) chips, solidifying its leadership position in the high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) memory semiconductor sector. It came seven months after the company announced the development of the fifth-generation HBM3E [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Hynix has successfully obtained a court injunction to prevent a former researcher from joining its rival, Micron Technology, in a case that underscores the intense competition and confidentiality concerns within the semiconductor industry. The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of SK Hynix on February 29, imposing [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean semiconductor powerhouse SK hynix Inc. has won a non-compete injunction against a former researcher who left to work for its U.S. chipmaking rival Micron Technology Inc., sources said Thursday, amid an intensifying race for cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Last month, a Seoul court granted an injunction [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Monday denied a recent media report that it has been pressured by the South Korean government to approve the merger between Japanese Kioxia Corp. and U.S.-based Western Digital (WD) Corp. According to the report last month, the Japanese NAND flash [...]