Sluggish global chip demand

Beancounters at Yonhap Infomax have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and decided that major South Korean chip manufacturing firms won’t be earning much in the first quarter 2023.

Getting concerned about US protectionism

 South Korea has passed legislation giving tax breaks to its semiconductor companies in a bill being labelled as the "Korean Chips Act."

Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo

SK Hynix has shipped off what it is calling the world’s fastest mobile DRAM to prospective customers to have a play with.

Intelligent RAM

SK Hynix announced that it would demonstrate working GDDR6-AiM memory with computing capabilities at CES next month.

8Gbps or roughly 8000MT/s

SK hynix claims to be building the world's fastest server DDR5 memory modules which will be capable of 8Gbps or roughly 8000MT/s.

Mega SSDs on the way 

SK hynix has developed a new 4D NAND flash which will bring in their wake new mega SSDs.

$109 billion in 2022 and 2023

According to a fresh report, big chip manufacturers are increasing spending on new fab equipment, reaching a record $109 billion in 2022, a 20 percent increase compared to the previous year.

Expects supply chain issues to improve

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix said it expects supply chain issues to gradually improve from the second half of the year and demand for memory chips to grow, after booking a four-fold on-year increase in fourth-quarter operating profit.

Regulators agree

South Korea's SK Hynix has finished the first phase of its acquisition of Intel Corp's NAND flash memory chip business after it received regulatory nods from eight countries including China.

Thanks for the memory 

South Korea's SK Hynix  has received merger clearances from the Chinese antitrust authority for its acquisition of Intel NAND memory chip business.