According to a report from Commercial Times, citing Yonhap News, China’s “Old-for-New” Policy, which promotes consumer trade-ins for new products, helped drive significant growth for South Korean semiconductor companies, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, in the Chinese market in 2024. Meanw...

The NAND market seems to be finally seeing a turnaround. According to Commercial Times and TechNews, U.S. memory makers like Micron and SanDisk have decided to kick off price hikes next month, with SanDisk set to raise NAND prices by over 10% starting April 1. In addition, South Korean memory gia...

Amid the AI-driven HBM boom, SK hynix is exiting its non-core CMOS image sensor (CIS) business, according to ZDNet and Edaily. The ZDNet report suggests that SK hynix used to supply CMOS sensors for Samsung’s Galaxy Z3 and Chinese smartphones, but struggled to expand due to weak market demand a...

According to a report from TechNews, citing Chosun Biz, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC’s massive investment plan in the U.S. is intensifying pressure on Samsung Electronics and SK hynix to take similar action, as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to escalate threats of tariffs and other ec...

Recently, SK Hynix announced the full-scale commencement of construction on the first wafer plant within its Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, with completion expected in May 2027. In July 2024, the SK Hynix board of directors approved an investment of approximately 9.4 trillion KRW (about $6.67 bill...