SK Hynix
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SK hynix Inc. (Korean: 에스케이하이닉스 주식회사) is a South Korean supplier of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips and flash memory chips. Hynix is the world's second-largest memory chipmaker (after Samsung Electronics)[2] and the world's sixth largest semiconductor company.[3] Founded as Hyundai Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd. in 1983[4] and known as Hyundai Electronics, the company has manufacturing sites in Korea, the United States, mainland China[5] and Taiwan. In 2012, when SK Telecom became its major shareholder, Hynix merged with SK Group[4] (the third largest conglomerate in South Korea at the time).
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Native name | 에스케이하이닉스 주식회사 |
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Company type | Public |
KRX: 000660 | |
Founded | 15 October 1949; 74 years ago (1949-10-15) as Gukdo construction
26 February 1983; 41 years ago (1983-02-26) as Hyundai Electric Industry 2001 as Hynix Semiconductors 2012 as SK hynix |
Headquarters | Icheon, South Korea |
Key people | Seok-hee Lee (CEO) |
Products | DRAM, NAND flash |
Revenue | US$35.27 billion (2018) |
US$18.34 billion (2018) | |
US$13.67 billion (2018) | |
Total assets | US$56.08 billion (2018) |
Total equity | US$41.22 billion (2018) |
Number of employees | Korea: 22,254 (2016)[1] |
Parent | SK Group |
Website | skhynix.com |
The company's major customers include Microsoft, Apple,[6] Asus, Dell, MSI, HP Inc., and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (formerly Hewlett-Packard).[2] Other products that use Hynix memory include DVD players, cellular phones, set-top boxes, personal digital assistants, networking equipment, and hard disk drives.[7]