Korean outfit first to slot ASML’s kit into its fabs

SK Hynix has stolen a march on both Samsung and TSMC by becoming the first chipmaker to integrate ASML’s new High-NA EUV machinery into its fabs.

We tell other countries what to do

The United States has yanked TSMC's authorisation to freely ship essential kit to its mainland plants, a move that could wreck the foundry’s China operations.

Waiver yanked, fabs stalled, shares tanked

Washington has slammed the door shut on a loophole that let South Korea’s biggest chipmakers sneak US gear into their Chinese fabs without the usual bureaucratic hoops.

Chipmaker claims world’s first 300-plus layer QLC flash 

SK hynix has started mass production of what it calls the world’s first 321-layer QLC NAND flash chip, a 2Tb storage device designed to push density well past anything seen before.

Kicks off HBM4 supply

SK hynix is cranking up the memory arms race, confirming it’s building 24 Gb GDDR7 modules to give next-gen GPUs fatter VRAM buffers while lining up HBM4 for AI and HPC workloads.

Bank of America slashes forecast, doubts Intel and SK hynix will save high NA EUV tech

Bank of America has taken a scalpel to ASML’s share price target, hacking it down to €759 from €795 on the back of waning enthusiasm for its latest high numerical aperture (high NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography gear.

Beats Samsung and Micron

SK hynix has pulled ahead of its memory rivals by bagging NVIDIA’s first HBM4 orders, giving the South Korean chipmaker a premium position for the launch of Nvidia's Rubin GPUs.

Micron claims pole position in high-bandwidth memory race

 US memory outfit, Micron claims to have leapfrogged SK hynix in the HBM race by slipping samples of its 12-layer 36GB HBM4 to key clients.

Thinner, faster UFS 4.1 lands in 2026

SK hynix is doubling down on its love affair with stacking things high by stuffing 321 layers into its latest NAND chips, making its new UFS 4.1 modules thinner, slightly more efficient, and apparently clever enough to know what you’re doing before you do.

Brushes off tariff fears

SK Hynix, Nvidia’s go-to for high-bandwidth memory, has posted a 158 per cent leap in quarterly operating profit, hitting 7.4 trillion won (€5.1 billion), while shrugging off the usual US trade panic.