Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest computer memory chipmaker, said it will invest 465 billion won (US$410.41 million) to expand its plant facilities and research and development activities in March.

Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest chipmaker, is likely to be affected by a labor shortage in China that is expected to negatively impact Asian manufacturers, an analyst at a Japanese investment bank said Tuesday.
“Among semiconductor …

Creditors-turned-shareholders of Hynix Semiconductor will study the possibility of unloading stakes in a block sale after their efforts to find a new owner for the world’s second-largest maker of computer memory chips fell through, financial …

Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor said Friday they drew no bidders for a controlling stake of the world’s second largest chipmaker, even after extending the deadline by two weeks.
“There was no company that showed the intention …

Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said Tuesday that it has developed a 26-nanometer based NAND flash memory chip, becoming the world’s second flash memory maker to apply the below 30-nanometer technology.
Hynix will start …

Elpida Memory, the world’s third-largest memory chipmaker, widened its share of the global market in the last three months of 2009, narrowing the gap with South Korean chipmakers, industry data showed Thursday.
Japan’s biggest computer memory …

Employees of a U.S. based-semiconductor equipment firm have been arrested on suspicion of leaking technology developed by Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest chipmaker, to rival Hynix over the past several years, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The Seoul …

South Korean memory chipmakers have entered a full recovery track, probably earning more than 10.8 trillion won (US$9.42 billion) in the fourth quarter of last year, analysts said Sunday.
The combined sales of the nation’s chipmakers …