SK Hynix
Logo since 2012 | |
Native name | 에스케이하이닉스 주식회사 |
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| Company type | Public |
| KRX: 000660 | |
| Industry | Semiconductor |
| Founded | 15 October 1949 (legal) 26 February 1983 (actual) |
| Founder | Chung Ju-yung |
| Headquarters | , South Korea |
| Products | DRAM, NAND flash |
| Revenue | ₩66.19 trillion (2024) |
| ₩23.47 trillion (2024) | |
| ₩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 |
| Footnotes / references | |
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.
The company's major customers include Microsoft, Apple, Asus, Dell, MSI, HP Inc., and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (formerly Hewlett-Packard). Other products that use Hynix memory include DVD players, cellular phones, set-top boxes, personal digital assistants, networking equipment, and hard disk drives.