Chinese SSD makers taking over the market
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Kingston still king for now

Chinese SSD manufacturers are making significant strides in the SSD market, driven by strong local demand and support.

Samsung says sorry for the loses
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About a billion short

Samsung has issued an unusual apology after announcing it expects to post just €6.78 billion in operating profit for the most recent quarter, falling approximately €900 million short of analyst expectations.

SK hynix starts mass production of 12-layer HBM3E
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50 percent higher capacity, and 40 percent thinner DRAM chip

SK hynix has announced the mass production of the 12-layer HMB3E with 36GB capacity, promising to supply it to customers within the year.

SK hynix introduces industry's first 1c DDR5 memory
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16Gb DDR5 on 6th generation 10nm process

SK hynix has announced the development of the industry's first 16Gb DDR5 memory built on 1c node, the 6th generation 10nm manufacturing process. SK hynix expects volume shipment as of next year.

SK hynix introduces new GDDR7 memory
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Improvements in both performance and efficiency

SK hynix has announced the introduction of its new GDDR7 memory, which is said to be the industry's best-performing GDDR7, a next-generation graphics memory product, that brings significant improvements in both performance and power efficiency. It is expected to be mass-produced in Q3 2024.

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
13 March 2024

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
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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
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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.