Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has developed the industry's first LPDDR5X DRAM supporting the industry’s highest performance of up to 10.7 gigabits-per-second (Gbps).Leveraging 12 nanometer (nm)-class process technology, Samsung h
A forecast suggests that SK hynix’s operating profit is expected to surge to around 2 trillion won, marking a turnaround to profitability compared to the same period last year, ahead of the earnings announcement scheduled for April 25.According to financial information provider FnGuide on April 16,
Kwak No-jeong, president of SK hynix, is set to deliver a keynote speech on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at a semiconductor event in Washington, D.C. in the U.S.According to industry sources on April 15, Purdue University and Senator Todd Young will host an event titled “CHIPS for America, Action fo
Samsung Electronics is set to establish an advanced semiconductor complex in Taylor, Texas, in the U.S. The plan includes building state-of-the-art foundries for 2-nanometer (nm) process production and advanced packaging facilities to preempt the artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor market.On
SK hynix’s stock price is approaching 200,000 won and continues its rally to a new high, with foreign investors’ share reaching a record high.According to the Korea Exchange on April 13, foreign investors’ share of SK hynix as of the previous day stood at 54.90 percent, marking the highest level on
As the global semiconductor hegemony intensifies, companies are fiercely competing in investments. Samsung Electronics is expected to announce additional investments locally, following substantial subsidies received by competitors Intel and Taiwan’s TSMC from the U.S. government.Compared to this, do
Despite positive signs in the Korean economy such as an increase in semiconductor exports, many growth rate forecasts are still in the low 2 percent range. One explanation is that low growth has stagnated while economic structural reforms have been stalled.According to the Ministry of Strategy and F
As Western Digital, the world’s third-largest NAND flash company, formalized a price hike for solid state drives (SSDs) and hard disk drives (HDDs) in the first half of the year, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix’s NAND business is expected to switch to the black in the first quarter of 2024.Western
Amid astronomical subsidies being poured into the semiconductor industry by countries like the United States and Japan, the South Korean government has decided to explore domestic investment incentives. There’s speculation that discussions on ‘semiconductor subsidy cash support’ could materialize, g
Thanks to the rise in TSMC’s stock price, the market capitalization gap between the Taiwanese and South Korean stock markets has widened to its largest extent in at least 21 years since 2003.According to Bloomberg, the market capitalization of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock
SK hynix has announced it will begin mass production of its 6th generation (1c) 10nm (nanometer) class DRAM within the third quarter of this year, positioning itself ahead of Samsung Electronics, which has plans for mass production by the end of the year.Industry insiders revealed on April 8 that SK
South Korea’s current account surplus has been in the black for 10 consecutive months as the South Korean semiconductor industry has recovered. The main positive factor is that the nation’s current account surplus is expected to continue as demand for semiconductors will grow this year.According to
SK hynix is planning to invest 5.2 trillion won to establish a next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductor production facility for artificial intelligence (AI) in Indiana in the U.S. This venture represents the company’s first HBM production plant abroad, with mass production slated to
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg and Purdue University President Mung Chiang joined federal partners and executives of South Korea-based SK hynix Inc., the world’s leading producer of High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips, today as the company announced plans to establish
Samsung Electronics has emerged victorious in a lawsuit over memory semiconductor module patents against Netlist, a U.S. semiconductor company. Netlist, headquartered in Irvine, California, was founded by Hong Chun-gi, a former employee of LG Semiconductor.According to foreign media and industry sou
Samsung Electronics is set to reveal its “dream memory,” three-dimensional (3D) DRAM, in 2025, marking a first in the semiconductor industry. The move is seen as Samsung reigniting its “technology gap” in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market where it has previously lost ground to SK hynix.Accordin
SK hynix has successfully attracted trillions of won in funds in its corporate bond demand forecast, achieving a successful fundraising campaign.According to investment banking industry sources on April 1, SK hynix (AA) successfully raised a total of 2.86 trillion won (approximately US$2.11 billion)
In the past 2-3 weeks, a shortage of enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs), a NAND flash memory product, has been observed. This is due to the AI boom and the subsequent construction of data centers by global big tech companies, with a particularly explosive increase in demand for storage devices nee
Amid the global AI boom, there are forecasts suggesting that the revival of memory exports in South Korea could potentially boost the first-quarter performance of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.According to Bloomberg Intelligence, a research institution under Bloomberg, Senior Analyst Masahiro Wak
The global community is on edge following reports that China plans to eliminate products from American companies Intel and AMD. This move surpasses mere retaliation against the United States’ intensified semiconductor export restrictions, indicating China’s confidence in its own technological develo