Memory chips are the hottest play on artificial-intelligence hardware, and Micron Technology has been among the hottest stocks in the space. It has company in SK Hynix, the South Korean memory-chip maker, whose shares have also surged. Micron stock had an incredible day on Tuesday, when it surged 19% after UBS raised its price target on the stock to $1,625 from $535, arguing long-term supply agreements justified a higher price-to-earnings ratio for the company.
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Micron's trillion-dollar milestone is boosting tech ETFs as AI-driven memory demand fuels gains across semiconductor funds.
It is becoming easier to get into the $1 trillion market-cap club. SK Hynix and Micron Technology now belong because of the demand for memory chips. SK Hynix’s 12-month stock price jump reached 1000%. The two joined Samsung, which was recently added to the list. The $1 trillion plus list has 14 members. (The club ... 14 Companies Now Worth Over $1 Trillion
Samsung avoided a strike after union members approved a compensation deal for chip workers amid the AI memory boom.
Samsung workers are in line for bonuses of around £300,000 each after demanding a slice of the company’s soaring AI profits.
The South Korean chipmaker closed 9.3% higher on Wednesday, becoming the third Asian company to reach the milestone after Samsung and Micron
73.7% of balloting union members backed the agreement, which sets aside 10.5% of chip division operating profit for special bonuses
Micron Technology was gaining again early Wednesday as it built on its surge from the previous day. Micron shares were up 5.5% at $945.04 in premarket trading. The stock rose 19% on Tuesday, fueled by a research note from UBS which raised its price target for Micron to $1,625 from $535, arguing long-term supply agreements justified a higher price-to-earnings ratio for the company.
South Korea's SK Hynix and US chipmaker Micron both surpassed $1 trillion (€860bn) in market capitalisation within 24 hours of each other. Seoul's KOSPI index also hit an all-time high as AI continues to reshape markets.View on euronews
A majority of unionised employees at Samsung Electronics (USOTC:SSNHZ) voted on Wednesday to approve a preliminary wage agreement, preventing a large-scale strike that had raised concerns over global semiconductor supply chains and the wider South Korean economy. According to the union, around 74% of participating workers voted in favour of the deal.
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Memory-chip maker SK Hynix is the latest company to ride the AI chip boom into the elite $1 trillion market-cap club. Shares in the company—the world’s second-largest memory-chip maker—have more than tripled this year.

<body><p>STORY: :: Archive</p><p>Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics have approved a highly contentious bonus pay deal, averting a massive 18-day strike.</p><p>Two unions for the world's largest memory chip maker said Wednesday that 74% of over 62,000 workers who cast their votes had backed the deal.</p><p>Shares in Samsung surged around 7% in morning trade following the news. </p><p>The government-mediated agreement brought relief across South Korea as Samsung accounts for roughly a quarter of the country's exports.</p><p>But the agreement also exacerbates deep disparities in fortunes among workers at the conglomerate.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>It mainly benefits staff in the memory chip division, which has seen profits soar due to the colossal investments globally in AI.</p><p>Some of those workers are set to receive bonuses of around $416,000 this year.</p><p>Workers in Samsung's other chip units will receive less but still substantial bonuses, while employees in its consumer electronics divisions are set to receive very little by comparison.</p></body>
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, May 27 (Reuters) - Unionised workers at Samsung Electronics have approved a highly contentious deal on bonus pay - one that averts a massive strike but also exacerbates deep
Samsung Electronics workers have approved a landmark profit-sharing agreement that is expected to award employees in the booming memory chip...
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The deal Samsung Electronics struck with its union averts a massive strike and gives its memory chip workers eye-popping bonuses. It also opens a Pandora's box for companies in South Korea - a country known for militant wage-bargaining. Unionised Samsung workers voted in favour of the government-mediated pact on Wednesday, marking the first big win for a Samsung union. More significantly, it is only the second time that a major South Korean company has agreed in writing to reward workers with a fixed percentage of operating profit.
The market value of South Korean memory chip maker SK hynix soared past $1 trillion on Wednesday thanks to frenzied global demand for the computing hardware that powers artificial intelligence tools.Shares in SK hynix, which supplies Silicon Valley's AI chip titan Nvidia with advanced high-bandwidth memory, were up more than 11 percent in early afternoon trade.
SK Hynix has become one of the world’s most valuable chip makers, joining an elite group of companies including Nvidia and TSMC.
UBS placed the Street’s most bullish call on MU yet, triggering a 19% rally in the stock on Tuesday.
Unionised workers at Samsung Electronics have approved a highly contentious bonus pay deal - one that averts a massive 18-day strike but also exacerbates deep disparities in fortunes among workers at the tech conglomerate. Two unions for the world's largest memory chip maker said on Wednesday that 74% of the 62,616 workers who cast their votes had backed the deal. Shares in Samsung surged 6%, also helped by investor frenzy over the AI boom that has driven chip sector shares higher.
SK Hynix joins the $1 trillion club as memory chip stocks rally.
SK Hynix topped $1 trillion in market value for the first time on Wednesday, joining its memory chip rivals Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology in reaching the milestone on an AI-driven rally. Shares of SK Hynix closed the session up 9.3%, after rising as much as 14.9% during the session to take the South Korean chipmaker's market value to a record 1,680 trillion won ($1.12 trillion) and propel the country's benchmark KOSPI index to a record high. Domestic rival Samsung surpassed $1 trillion in market value for the first time on May 6, while U.S.-listed Micron did so on Tuesday.
Samsung Electronics' labour union is expected to announce Wednesday whether chip workers voted to ratify a wage deal that would deliver massive AI-linked bonuses and helped avert a major strike.An electronic vote among about 70,000 unionised employees began Friday and runs until 10:00 am (0100 GMT) on Wednesday, with results expected shortly afterwards.
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<body><p>STORY: :: Micron</p><p>Micron Technology topped $1 trillion in market value for the first time on Tuesday...</p><p>crowning a dizzying rally that has cemented the largest U.S. memory chipmaker as one of the standout winners of the AI boom.</p><p>Micron's shares rose more than 18% on Tuesday, pushing the stock to a record high after brokerage firm UBS more than tripled its price target on the stock to over $1,600.</p><p>The milestone underscores the central role of memory chips - used to store and move data - in AI infrastructure...</p><p>and reflects a broadening of the AI trade beyond chipmakers like Nvidia whose processors train and run AI models.</p><p>Micron's ascent also gives the U.S. a strong contender in a memory-chip race that has largely been led by Asia so far.</p><p>South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chipmaker, has already hit the $1 trillion milestone, while the country's SK Hynix is also closing in.</p><p>Chip stocks in general continued their surge on Tuesday, with Marvell Technology rising more than 10% in morning trading, while Qualcomm added as much as 8%. Shares of Broadcom and Intel were also higher.</p><p>All helped push the Philadelphia Semiconductor index up nearly 6% to an all-time high.</p></body>
After a brief cool-off last week, U.S. semiconductor and memory stocks are rallying in Tuesday morning trading, led by Micron, which traded above a $1 trillion market capitalization for the first time.