SK Hynix
Sign in to saveAlso 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- 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- Withdrawn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.