The government has teamed up with the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers on a project to develop a next-generation memory chip, an effort to help the country maintain its lead in the industry, government officials said …

Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor will reinvite fresh bids for a major stake in the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker next month and accept letters of intent from potential investors by the end of January, credit …

Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor will reinvite fresh bids for a major stake in the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker and receive letters of intent from potential investors by January, credit bank officials said Wednesday.

South Korean chip makers grabbed the largest-ever share of the global DRAM market in the third quarter of this year, widening their lead over foreign competitors, a report showed Wednesday.
According to market researcher iSuppli, South …

Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s second largest chip maker, said Friday its new memory chips have won validation from U.S. chip giant Intel.
Hynix said its two-gigabit DDR3 DRAM chips based on the 40-nanometer class technology have …

Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor said they will again seek to sell part of their stake in the world’s second-largest memory chip maker through an open bidding process.
The move comes after Hyosung Group, a mid-sized South …

South Korea’s Hyosung Group said Thursday it has decided to drop its takeover bid for Hynix Semiconductor due to rumors government ties may have influenced the bid.
In September, Hyosung, the conglomerate’s flagship unit, submitted a …

Samsung Electronics and other major makers of NAND flash memory chips saw their third-quarter sales increase sharply thanks to a surge in prices, according to industry data.
Samsung Electronics logged US$1.29 billion in sales of NAND …

South Korean chipmakers will likely invest 22 trillion won (US$18.3 billion) by 2012 to update their manufacturing infrastructure and strengthen their global market presence, a trade association said Thursday. The Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) …

Hynix Semiconductor, the world’s No. 2 memory chip maker, reported its first quarterly profit in two years on Friday, bolstered by higher product prices.
The company reported strong profits for the third quarter on the back …