The AI chip boom is intensifying patent, antitrust, and geopolitical risks for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, which face a US class action alleging they coordinated DRAM supply cuts, according to J…
SK hynix, in collaboration with Sandisk, unveiled the first standard specification for High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) through the Open Compute Project (OCP) on August 4, 2026, presenting AI memory solutio…
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has brought its first LPDDR6 chip to the tail end of R&D validation, according to a Yicai report citing unnamed industry sources, less than a week after its Shangha…
South Korea's Kospi fell 22.19 percent in July after surging 101.14 percent in the first half, prompting calls for tighter scrutiny of overly bullish brokerage research and stricter margin-lending rul…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund, Situational Awareness LP, has sold most of its AI-related holdings after losses, including its stake in Anthropic, signaling a shift from his previous aggressive AI…
South Korean stocks surged a record 17.91 percent on Friday, with the KOSPI closing at 6,595.45, as better-than-expected Microsoft earnings eased concerns over AI spending and drove a chip rally. Sams…
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won bought 4.9 billion won ($3.41 million) in SK hynix shares on Thursday, his first purchase, signaling confidence after the stock fell from an all-time high of 2.987 milli…
Seoul shares surged nearly 13 percent late Friday morning, with the KOSPI adding 717.3 points to trade at 6,310.86, as investors scooped up semiconductor shares following Microsoft's strong earnings t…
SK hynix posted a record second-quarter operating profit of 60.54 trillion won, up 557% from a year earlier, on revenue of 79.32 trillion won, driven by tight memory supply and AI infrastructure deman…
Seoul shares fell by more than 1 percent Thursday as retail investors heavily sold tech stocks amid concerns over artificial intelligence spending and uncertainty about the Federal Reserve's interest …
Seoul shares opened higher Thursday, with the KOSPI up 0.35% to 5,683.09, as investors sought bargains after a sharp decline amid AI spending concerns. The index had plunged 5.98% on Wednesday followi…
SK hynix reported a record-breaking $55.6 billion quarter, yet the results still fell short of investors' lofty AI-driven expectations, highlighting the intense pressure on memory-chip makers to capit…
SK hynix reported record second-quarter revenue of 79.32 trillion won ($54.8 billion), up 256.8% on-year, and operating profit surged 557.2% to 60.54 trillion won, with an operating margin of 76%. The…
Sixteen single-stock leveraged ETFs launched in South Korea in May, at the peak of an AI-driven memory chip boom, have amplified volatility in Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, and the broader Kospi inde…
The Korea Exchange (KRX) activated a sell-side sidecar for the KOSPI on Wednesday after the index fell more than 4.5%, suspending program trading for five minutes around 10:55 a.m. The decline was dri…
Seoul shares opened sharply higher Wednesday, with the KOSPI rising 2.23 percent to 6,157.90, as investors went bargain hunting after a 10.84 percent plunge the previous session driven by a sell-off i…
SK hynix reported preliminary second-quarter revenue of 79.3 trillion won and operating profit of 60.5 trillion won on July 29, both quarterly records, with a 76% operating margin. The memory maker at…
SK hynix reported a record quarterly operating profit of 60.54 trillion won ($41.6 billion) for the second quarter, a 557.2% surge from a year earlier, driven by rising memory prices for AI servers. R…
SK hynix reported a 557% jump in second-quarter operating profit to a record 60.5 trillion won ($41.62 billion), driven by AI chip demand, but missed the LSEG SmartEstimate forecast of 64 trillion won…
Nvidia shares fell nearly 5% on Monday after reports that AI financing arrangements involving the chipmaker could exceed $750 billion, raising concerns about circular financing in the AI infrastructur…