SK Hynix, Inc.ย history, profile and corporate video
ย SK Hynix, Inc. engages in the manufacturing of diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor devices. It operates through the following businesses: Computing Memory, Consumer Memory, Graphics Memory, Mobile Memory, NAND Flash, CMOS Image Sensor, EOL Products and Technical Support. The company was founded on October 1, 1949 and is headquartered in Incheon, South Korea.“
“SK Hynixย History
- 1949ย Originally incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Korea
- 1983ย Founded as Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.ย (The nameย Hynixย comes fromย Hyย in Hyundai andย nixย [fromย nicsย in Electronics])
- 1985ย Started mass production of 256K DRAM
- 1993ย Took overย Maxtorย (US HDD main factory)
- 1996ย Initial public offering on the Korea Stock Exchange
- 1999ย Merged withย LGย Semiconductorย Co., Ltd.
- 2000ย Spun offย Hyundai Image Quest,ย Hyundai Autonetย andย Hyundai Calibration & Certification Technologies
- 2001ย Changed the company name to Hynix Semiconductor Inc.;ย spun offย Hyundai Syscomm,ย Hyundai CuriTel, andย Hyundai Networks; completed spin-off fromย Hyundai Group
- 2002ย Soldย HYDIS, TFT-LCD Business Unit
- 2004ย Signed System IC Business Transfer Agreement with System Semiconductor
- 2005ย Emerged from Corporate Restructuring Promotion Act ahead of schedule
- 2006ย Posted record the highest revenues since foundation
Established global manufacturing network with complete construction of Hynix-ST Semiconductor Inc.
Hynix’s wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary in China - 2007ย Appointed Jong-Kap Kim as the new chairman & CEO
- 2009ย Company put up for sale by its lenders after it defaulted on loans and a subsequent debt-equity swap
- 2010ย Fine of โฌ51.47 million for illegallyย fixing pricesย with eight other memory chip makers.
In January 2010, Hynix Semiconductor Inc was put up for sale in an auction valued at close to $3 billion.
On 31 August 2010, HP announced collaboration with Hynix to bringย memristorย to high volume manufacturing step (targeted for 2013). - 2012ย SK Group, the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea, acquired a 21.05% stake in Hynix.
- 2013ย Fab 1 and Fab 2 in China both suffered a massive fire which took the factories offline temporarily.”
*Information from Forbes.com andย Wikipedia.org
**Video published on YouTube by “SKํ์ด๋์ค [SK hynix]“