Thanks for the memory

Chipmaker SK Hynix said global demand for cloud computing should underpin DRAM chip sales for the rest of the year, as it posted record second quarter profits on Thursday despite worries over the weak flash memory market.

The battle of the semiconductors

Samsung and SK Hynix are at war to expand their automotive semiconductor business in line with the emergence of self-driving, smart vehicles.

Off-set by server and high-end chip demand

SK Hynix has warned that there will be slower growth in smartphone chip sales this year but this would be offset somewhat by robust demand for server and other high-end chips.

8Gb (1GB) chips ranging from 10Gbps to 14Gbps

SK Hynix has updated its product lineup listing its own GDDR6 chips as available so hopefully, some it is a big possibility that these will be included in the future graphics cards.

Coming in early 2018

SK Hynix has announced its GDDR6 DRAM chips, advertising them as "the world's fastest" 2x nm 8Gb GDDR6 DRAM on the market.

Industry attempts to close global supply shortages

According to sources within the memory industry, global production of 3D NAND flash memory chips is expected to expand substantially in the second half of 2017, exceeding the output of 2D NAND chips by the fourth quarter of the year.

Seen kicking the tires

SK Hynix is set to make a fresh bid for Toshiba's flash memory chip business, should the Japanese conglomerate offer more of it for sale..

SK Hynix is runner-up in NAND flash next to Samsung

SK Hynix announced on Friday that it will be constructing a new fabrication facility at its factory in Cheongju, South Korea to meet increasing demand for NAND flash components.

Joins Samsung

SK Hynix has joined Samsung with its ability to deliver LPDDR4 8GB memory for future phones and tablets. Fudzilla expects to see quite a few phones with 8GB or RAM in the high end market next year, but we think that 8GB is pure marketing and unnecessary for most phone tasks. 

Next year

SK Hynix is going to mass produce 10-nano-range DRAMs next year and says that this will be the world’s second mass-production of 10-nano-range DRAM.