SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is developing next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) products to meet booming global demand for artificial intelligence and higher performance computing, a senior executive said Tuesday. “Demand for improvement in memory bandwidth is increasing following a spike in data traffic in the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With the semiconductor industry experiencing a boom leading to a vibrant job market, South Korean tech giants are facing a growing dilemma: how to prevent technology leaks while competing for top talent. Industry leaders like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix routinely require employees to sign non-compete agreements, typically barring them [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it has developed the world’s first 16 gigabyte DDR5 chip using the sixth generation of the 10 nanometer chipmaking technology. According to SK hynix, the new product comes with an improvement in cost competitiveness when compared with the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean chip giant SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it is set to receive up to US$450 in grants from the U.S. government for its investment to build a production base for advanced semiconductor packaging in Indiana. In April, the company announced a plan to invest $3.87 billion to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of memory chips, said Monday it will focus on developing advanced packaging technologies for next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, aiming to solidify its leadership position in the booming artificial intelligence (AI) chip market. HBM is a high-performance DRAM in high demand, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, said Tuesday it plans to begin full-fledged production of its next-generation GDDR7 graphics memory chip in the third quarter. The company said the GDDR7 boasts industry-leading qualities, with an operating speed of 32 gigabits per second, a 60 percent improvement [...]
SUWON, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) –A former Chinese employee of SK Hynix has been arrested and indicted on charges of illegally transferring the company’s core technology for reducing semiconductor defects to Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, prosecutors said on May 28. The 30-year-old woman, identified only by her last name A, worked at SK Hynix’s [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States, China and countries around the world are waging an intense battle to gain supremacy in the semiconductor industry, crucial for cutting-edge technologies. On May 23, in a meeting presided over by President Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s government unveiled a comprehensive 26 trillion won support package for [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chipmaker SK hynix Inc. said Thursday it has developed a next-generation mobile NAND solution designed for on-device artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The new Zoned UFS (ZUFS) 4.0 is a NAND flash memory chip that improves efficiency of data management, and optimizes data transfer between operating system and [...]
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 [...]