SK Hynix shows off new Platinum P51 Gen 5 SSD
Published in PC Hardware


Coming in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities and reaching 14GB/s

SK Hynix revealed a bit of a surprise at the Nvidia GTC 2024 show, announcing the new PCB01 PCIe 5.0 SSD based on its in-house controller, its own 238-layer 3D TLC NAND flash, and promising rather impressive transfer speeds of up to 14GB/s.

Samsung's chip flip
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 13 March 2024 11:23

Samsung's chip flip


A tale of tech rivalry and AI ambition

Samsung is eyeing a chip-making method with rival SK Hynix's paws all over it.

SK Hynix is back in black
Published in News
Thursday, 25 January 2024 11:43

SK Hynix is back in black


The tech giant makes a profit after a year of losses thanks to AI

The world's second-largest memory chip maker, South Korea's SK Hynix, said it had returned to profit after four consecutive quarters of losses driven by demand for chips used in artificial intelligence.

SK Hynix releases LPDDR5T
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 15 November 2023 11:33

SK Hynix releases LPDDR5T


Fast mobile RAM

SK hynix has started supplying its customers with 16 gigabyte (GB) packages of Low Power Double Data Rate 5 Turbo (LPDDR5T).

Western Digital and Kioxia Holdings merger abandoned
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SK Hynix did not want it to happen

Negotiations to merge Western Digital's semiconductor memory business and Japan's Kioxia Holdings have been abandoned.

SK Hynix sees steep loses
Published in News
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 11:12

SK Hynix sees steep loses


Expects a better second half of the year 

SK Hynix recorded its steepest quarterly operating loss in ten years for the first quarter of 2023 but said the global memory chip market should start to recover in the second half of the year.

Low profits for South Korean chip manufacturing firms
Published in PC Hardware


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.

South Korea gives tax breaks to chipmakers
Published in News


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."

SK Hynix sends "world’s fastest" mobile DRAM to clients
Published in Mobiles


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.

SK Hynix will show off GDDR6-AiM memory at CES
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 28 December 2022 11:19

SK Hynix will show off GDDR6-AiM memory at CES


Intelligent RAM

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