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Samsung develops industry's first UFS 5.0 storage chip to tackle AI-era demands

The new storage chip, built for on-device AI, more than doubles read and write speeds while boosting power efficiency.

2026.6.23

This photo provided on Aug. 25 shows the company's 321-layer 2TB QLC1 NAND flash. [SK HYNIX]

SK hynix starts mass production of new QLC NAND flash with higher density

Chipmaker SK hynix said Monday it has begun mass production of a new quadruple-level cell NAND flash to address the growing need for high-performance products in the AI sector.

2025.8.25

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SK hynix' 321-layered NAND flash memory chip [SK HYNIX]

NAND flash memory sees 4 percent price drop

NAND flash memory prices declined 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024 due to slowed demand.

2025.3.3

SK hynix disclosed a sample of 321-layer 4D NAND flaship chip at the Flash Memory Summit 2023 in California in August. [SK HYNIX]

SK hynix opens U.S.-based NAND R&D unit for AI devices

SK hynix set up a research and development (R&D) unit dedicated to NAND at its U.S. entity as the Korean chipmaker looks to capitalize on the expected recovery in the memory chip segment next year.

2023.12.28

Solidigm's Rancho Cordova headquarters in California [SOLIDIGM]

Solidigm's Korean unit closes amid sluggish NAND market

The Korean unit of Solidigm, a U.S.-based memory chip company owned by SK hynix, was found to have been shut down in July, as part of the company’s downsizing effort amid sluggish market conditions.

2023.9.8

SK hynix's 321-layered NAND flash memory chip [SK HYNIX]

SK hynix begins mass production of world's first 321-layered NAND chips

SK hynix will begin mass production of the world's highest 321-layered NAND flash memory chips from the first half of 2025, continuing to spearhead the NAND market with advanced technology in the face of a booming AI market.

2023.8.8

SK hynix's 238-layer NAND flash memory chip, the highest-layer NAND chip in the world [SK HYNIX]

Kioxia, Western Digital merger talks alert Korean chip rivals

Kioxia and Western Digital's looming merger may threaten Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix's lead in the flash memory market. “Joining forces would help them take on Samsung Electronics,” Bloomberg reported on July 14.

2023.7.20

SK hynix's 238-layer NAND flash memory [SK HYNIX]

SK hynix develops world’s first 238-layer NAND flash memory

SK hynix has succeeded in developing the world’s first 238-layer NAND flash memory, a type of non-volatile storage technology that does not require power to retain data. SK hynix unveiled its 238-layer 512 gigabyte TLC 4D NAND flash product...

2022.8.3

Korean NAND flash suppliers account for majority in global market in Q1: Report

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix took up more than half of the global NAND flash memory chip market in the first quarter, a report showed Thursday, up by more than 8 percent from the previous quarter.

2022.5.26

Cover of “Encounters with Great Minds” authored by Hwang Chang-gyu [SIGONGSA]

[BOOK REVIEW] Samsung's chip master Hwang Chang-gyu describes his journey

Hwang Chang-gyu helped make Samsung Electronics the largest memory chipmaker in the world. He's such a pioneer in the semiconductor industry that a theory has been named for him — “Hwang’s Law” — a refinement of the famous "Moore's Law."

2022.5.2