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SK hynix places $29M order for HBM-making equipment with Hanmi

A 44.2 billion won order for Hanmi Semiconductor bonders points to expanded HBM4 output at SK hynix for Nvidia's next AI platform.

2026.6.8

For Samsung and SK hynix, long-term deals with Big Tech offer stability in churning chip cycles

Prospective memory deals with Microsoft and Google may usher in a transition that commits Samsung Electronics and SK hynix to long-term supply contracts of up to five years, bringing much-needed stability to the highly cyclical chip industry.

2026.4.13

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SK hynix's headquarters in Icheon, Gyeonggi is seen on Jan. 29. [YONHAP]

Korean chipmakers face greater risk as U.S. trade commission opens patent dispute probe into SK hynix

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched an investigation into a patent dispute involving SK hynix’s high bandwidth memory (HBM), adding to legal risks facing Korean chipmakers.

2026.3.31

SK hynix's headquarters in Icheon, Gyeonggi, is pictured on Jan. 29. [YONHAP]

SK hynix to purchase $8B in chip equipment from ASML

SK hynix decided on Tuesday to purchase advanced production equipment worth 12 trillion won from the Netherlands-based ASML, in line with efforts to address growing demand for memory chips.

2026.3.24

Samsung Electronics' booth, which displayed unveiled seventh-generation high bandwidth memory, HBM4E, for the first time, is bustling with visitors at the Nvidia GTC global AI conference in San Jose, California, on March 16. [SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS]

Samsung, SK hynix, Hyundai announce landmark deals with Nvidia at GTC 2026

Korea’s industrial heavyweights — Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and Hyundai Motor — announced a series of landmark deals with Nvidia at its GTC 2026 developer conference in San Jose on Monday.

2026.3.17

SK hynix spends 6.7 trillion won on R&D last year amid HBM boom: Data

SK hynix poured 6.7 trillion won ($4.4 billion) into research and development (R&D) projects in 2025 amid soaring demand for high bandwidth memory (HBM) products in the wake of the global AI boom, data showed Sunday.

2026.3.15

Google joins Samsung Electronics' top five customer list for first time

Google emerged as one of Samsung Electronics’ top five customers for the first time last year, underscoring how the global buildout of AI infrastructure is increasingly reliant on advanced memory chips.

2026.3.11

A 256GB Socamm2 module shipped by Micron on March 3 [MICRON]

AI semiconductor market shifts focus from HBM to low-power DRAM module Socamm2

Competition in the AI semiconductor market is expanding beyond high bandwidth memory (HBM) to server low-power dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) modules known as Socamm2.

2026.3.11

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, left, is presented a silicon wafer by SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, during the APEC CEO Summit in Gyeongju, Korea, on Oct. 31, 2025. [AP/YONHAP]

SK chief, Nvidia CEO meet in U.S. to discuss cooperation on AI, HBM

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won met with Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Jensen Huang in the United States to discuss cooperation on high bandwidth memory (HBM) supplies and broader AI businesses, industry sources said Monday.

2026.2.10

A flag with the Samsung Electronics waves in front of the company's office building in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Jan. 29. [NEWS1]

Samsung beats estimates as 2025 profitability rises 33% on chip supercycle

Samsung Electronics reported a sharp rebound in profitability in 2025, with full-year operating profit jumping more than 33 percent on year to 43.6 trillion won, driven by a memory semiconductor supercycle.

2026.1.29