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Also known as Hyundai Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd., Hyundai Electronics, SK Hynix Semiconductor Inc., SK hynix Inc., Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd., Hyundai Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd, Hynix, SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do)

South Korean memory semiconductor supplier

Key facts

Native name
에스케이하이닉스 주식회사
Formerly
Hyundai Electronics (1983–2001) Hynix (2001–2012)
Company type
Public
Traded as
KRX : 000660
Industry
Semiconductor
Founded
15 October 1949 ; 76 years ago ( 1949-10-15 ) (legal), 26 February 1983 ; 43 years ago ( 1983-02-26 ) (actual)
Founder
Chung Ju-yung
Headquarters
Icheon , South Korea
Products
DRAM, NAND flash
Revenue
₩66.19 trillion (2024)
Operating income
₩23.47 trillion (2024)
Net income
₩19.80 trillion (2024)
Total assets
₩119.86 trillion (2024)
Total equity
₩73.92 trillion (2024)
Number of employees
46,863 (2024)
Parent
Hyundai Group (1983-2003), SK Group (2003-present)
Website
skhynix.com

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Type
Company
Location
Incheon, South Korea
Also known as
Hyundai Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd, Hyundai Electronics
Status
Withdrawn

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Encyclopedic overview

SK Hynix Inc. (Korean: 에스케이하이닉스 주식회사), stylized SK hynix, is a South Korean semiconductor company that manufactures dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips and flash memory chips. SK Hynix is one of the world's largest semiconductor vendors, and along with Samsung Electronics and Micron is one of the "Big Three" memory manufacturers.

Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Electronics, SK Hynix was integrated into the SK Group in 2012 following a series of mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring efforts. After being incorporated into the SK Group, SK Hynix became a major affiliate alongside SK Innovation and SK Telecom.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “SK Hynix” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.