The Latest Breaking News from SK Hynix

Trump announces 100 percent tariff on semiconductor imports

US President Donald Trump said the tariff will not impact companies if they have already invested in US facilities.

Al Jazeera · Aug 7, 2025

SK hynix dethrones Samsung to become world's top-selling memory maker for the first time — success mostly attributed to its HBM3 dominance for Nvidia's AI GPUs

SK hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memory leadership.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 1, 2025

Samsung reportedly slashes HBM3 prices to woo Nvidia — cuts could put the heat on rivals SK hynix and Micron as company attempts to spur AI turnaround

Samsung is reportedly slashing HBM3E costs to win back Nvidia and challenge rivals SK hynix and Micron. A ZDNet Korea report reveals internal pricing changes and packaging tweaks as Samsung aims to make its AI memory more competitive in a high-stakes battle for dominance in the AI hardware space.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 31, 2025

Intel jumps to HBM4 with Jaguar Shores, 2nd Gen MRDIMMs with Diamond Rapids

SK hynix revealed that Intel's upcoming Xeon 'Diamond Rapids' CPUs will adopt 2nd Gen MRDIMMs and its next-generation Gaudi AI accelerator 'Jaguar Shores' will feature SK hynix HBM4 memory.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 2, 2025

Intel hosts Direct Connect Asia event in Seoul — company tries to lure Samsung Foundry clients in its own backyard

Intel Foundry hosts its first Direct Connect Asia event in Korea, targets local chip designers, automotive industry.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 26, 2025

New US restrictions could prevent leading chip manufacturers from installing chipmaking tools in their China fabs — TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix potentially impacted

The U.S. government may cancel a program for multinational chipmakers, with impacts to firms like Samsung, SK hynix, and TSMC which operate in China.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 22, 2025

Softbank and Intel want to rival Samsung and SK Hynix with HBM memory alternative but I don't think they will succeed - Here's why

SoftBank and Intel plan new AI memory chip to challenge Samsung and SK Hynix dominance in HBM.

TechRadar · Jun 15, 2025

RTX 5050 could use the same 20 Gbps GDDR6 VRAM as the RX 9070 XT and RTX 4070 — Nvidia's budget card to leverage fastest GDDR6 possible

A new leak suggests Nvidia will be using the fastest mass-produced version of GDDR6 for the RTX 5050, capable of running at 20 Gbps. These modules are the same ones powering the RX 9070 series and the RTX 4070 GDDR6.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 13, 2025

Some RX 9070 XTs are reportedly slightly slower than others thanks to Samsung GDDR6 memory chips

Very slightly, admittedly.

PC Gamer · Jun 13, 2025

AMD RX 9070 XT GDDR6 sources have a small effect on performance — testing reveals 1 - 2% delta

Bilibili hardware tester finds discrepancies between SK hynix and Samsung memory across Radeon 9070 XT models

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 12, 2025