SK Hynix
SK hynix is one of the few vertically integrated manufacturers in the flash-based storage market. The company is well-established in the OEM market. A few years back, they also started exploring direct end-user products. Internal SSDs (starting with the Gold S31 and Gold P31) were the first out of the door. Late last year, the company introduced the Beetle X31 portable SSD, its first direct-attached storage product. In February, a complementary product was introduced - the Tube T31 Stick SSD. The Beetle X31 is a portable SSD with a Type-C upstream port and a separate cable. The Tube T31 is a take on the traditional thumb drive with a male Type-A interface. The size of the Beetle X31 makes the use of a bridge solution...
SK Hynix Shows Off 321-Layer 3D TLC NAND Device
SK Hynix showcased its 321-layer TLC NAND memory at the Flash Memory Summit 2023. The South Korean company is the first NAND maker to publicly demonstrate 3D NAND with...
11 by Anton Shilov on 8/9/2023
SK Hynix Launches Beetle X31 Portable SSD
UISK Hynix has introduced the Beetle X31, its first portable SSD. The drive promises to hit sequential transfer rates of up to 1,050 MB/sec when working with appropriate hosts...
3 by Anton Shilov on 6/26/2023
SK Hynix Starts Production of 238-Layer 3D NAND: 34% Denser with 2.4 GT/s Interface
SK Hynix announced this week that it had started volume production of its 238-layer TLC NAND memory. The new device promises higher bit density and lower NAND bits cost...
5 by Anton Shilov on 6/8/2023
SK Hynix Publishes First Info on HBM3E Memory: Ultra-wide HPC Memory to Reach 8 GT/s
SK Hynix was one of the key developers of the original HBM memory back in 2014, and the company certainly hopes to stay ahead of the industry with this...
5 by Anton Shilov on 5/30/2023
Report: DDR5 RDIMM Production Impacted by PMIC Compatibility Issues
Memory module producers have been shipping unbuffered DDR5 memory modules for desktop and laptop computers running Intel's 12th Generation Core 'Alder Lake' processors in high volumes since September, 2021...
4 by Anton Shilov on 4/26/2023
SK hynix Now Sampling 24GB HBM3 Stacks, Preparing for Mass Production
When SK hynix initially announced its HBM3 memory portfolio in late 2021, the company said it was developing both 8-Hi 16GB memory stacks as well as even more technically...
1 by Anton Shilov on 4/21/2023
As The Demand for HBM Explodes, SK Hynix is Expected to Benefit
The demand for high bandwidth memory is set to explode in the coming quarters and years due to the broader adoption of artificial intelligence in general and generative AI...
9 by Anton Shilov on 4/18/2023
Samsung Becomes Latest Memory Fab to Cut Production Amidst Post-Pandemic Slump
Following an ongoing slump in demand that has impacted the entire memory industry over the last several months, Samsung this week has become the latest memory foundry to announce...
11 by Anton Shilov on 4/7/2023
NAND Flash Prices Have Dropped Rapidly In Recent Quarters - And So Have SSD Prices
Softened demand for PCs and smartphones coupled with NAND memory bits oversupply has sent prices of 3D NAND memory into a dive in recent quarters. In Q4, global NAND...
20 by Anton Shilov on 3/20/2023
SK hynix Intros LPDDR5T Memory: Low Power RAM at up to 9.6Gbps
In a bit of a surprise move, SK hynix this week has announced a new variation of LPDDR5 memory technology, which they are calling LPDDR5T. Low Power Double Data...
10 by Ryan Smith on 1/25/2023
SK hynix Reveals DDR5 MCR DIMM, Up to DDR5-8000 Speeds for HPC
One of the world's biggest semiconductors and manufacturers of DRAM, SK hynix, has unveiled it has working samples of a new generation of memory modules designed for HPC and...
20 by Gavin Bonshor on 12/8/2022
SK Hynix Starts Prepping for Next Semiconductor Boom with $11 Billion Memory Fab
When a major South Korean memory firm invests over $11 billion in a fab, that raises a couple of eyebrows. But when it comes within a major $100+ billion...
7 by Anton Shilov on 9/8/2022
SK hynix Announces 238 Layer NAND - Mass Production To Start In H1'2023
As the 2022 Flash Memory Summit continues, SK hynix is the latest vendor to announce their next generation of NAND flash memory at the show. Showcasing for the first...
9 by Ryan Smith on 8/4/2022
ASML High-NA Development Update: Coming to Fabs in 2024 - 2025
It took the semiconductor industry over a decade to prep everything needed for production of chips using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. It looks like it is going to take...
8 by Anton Shilov on 5/26/2022
SK hynix Releases Platinum P41 SSD: Going Even Faster With PCIe 4 and 176L NAND
First introduced back at CES 2022, this morning SK hynix is finally kicking off sales of their new retail consumer SSD, the Platinum P41. The successor to the popular...
8 by Ryan Smith on 5/19/2022
Solidigm Launches First Post-Intel Enterprise SSDs: D7-P5620 and D7-P5520
Back in late 2021, Intel and SK hynix completed the first stage of their long-awaited transfer of Intel’s NAND (and NAND-based SSD) business to SK hynix. That company, in...
10 by Ryan Smith on 4/26/2022
DDR5 Demystified - Feat. Samsung DDR5-4800: A Look at Ranks, DPCs, and Do Manufacturers Matter?
The hottest advancement in memory technology for desktop computers in recent years is undoubtedly the release of DDR5 memory and Intel's 12th Gen Core series of processors. Not only...
68 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/7/2022
Intel Sells SSD Business to SK hynix as new Subsidiary Solidigm
In a brief news release from Intel this afternoon, the chip firm has announced that it has closed on the first stage of its deal to sell its SSD...
21 by Ryan Smith on 12/29/2021
Semi CapEx to Hit $152 Billion in 2021 as Market on Track for $2 Trillion by 2035
Semiconductor makers have drastically increased their capital expenditures (CapEx) this year in response to unprecedented demand for chips that is going to last for years. Now the CEO of...
8 by Anton Shilov on 12/17/2021
SK Hynix to Manufacture 48 GiB and 96 GiB DDR5 Modules
Today SK Hynix is announcing the sampling of its next generation DDR5 memory. The headline is the commercialization of a new 24 gigabit die, offering 50% more capacity than...
22 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 12/14/2021
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