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Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix are cheap despite their $1 trillion valuations if long-term contracts stabilize the sector.

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SEOUL, May 29 (Reuters) - A minority labour union at Samsung Electronics representing its consumer electronics workers will ask a South Korean court to suspend the implementation of a pay deal that

Samsung Electronics on Friday said it started shipping samples of its latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip to customers, pulling ahead of rivals in distributing a new version of the product critical to ‌AI data centers and sending its shares higher. Samsung said the chip uses its latest 1c DRAM process technology - sixth-generation, 10-nanometer-class DRAM - alongside Samsung's 4-nanometer foundry ​logic base die. The rollout is part of Samsung's efforts to regain momentum in the HBM market after falling behind rivals like SK Hynix and Micron in supplying advanced artificial intelligence memory chips, particularly to Nvidia.

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Samsung Electronics said on Friday it has started shipping ‌samples of its latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM) ‌chip, or the 12-layer HBM4E, marking what it said ​was the industry's first shipment of such products. Samsung said the chip uses its latest ⁠1c DRAM process technology, or sixth-generation 10-nanometer-class DRAM, alongside Samsung's 4-nanometer foundry logic base die. The move comes just three months after Samsung began shipping its HBM4 chips to customers in February, underscoring Samsung's ‌efforts to strengthen its ​position in the next-generation ​AI memory market ​by proactively supplying samples of ‌its latest products.

Dell boosted its annual revenue and profit expectations on Thursday, showing data center expansion by clients is ‌fueling demand for its AI-optimized servers that are powered ‌by Nvidia's powerful chips. U.S. tech giants including Alphabet and Amazon plan to spend over $700 ​billion on AI infrastructure this year, which would drive up demand for server and data center equipment from suppliers such as Dell and Super Micro Computer. These AI servers are critical for powering services such as ‌ChatGPT, as they are ⁠equipped with advanced memory chips to store data and instructions, providing the immense computing power required for such ⁠applications.

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Even by the standards of the artificial-intelligence boom, the gains in chip stocks this year have been extraordinary. Sandisk has soared 570%. Intel has more than tripled. Samsung, Micron and SK Hynix have all climbed into the ranks of $1 trillion companies.

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The company’s unionized workers have approved a tentative bonus-pay deal reached last week with the company, averting a strike at the world’s largest memory-chip maker.

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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.

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...

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.

SK Hynix has become one of the world’s most valuable chip makers, joining an elite group of companies including Nvidia and TSMC.

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 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.

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.

Micron Technology topped $1 trillion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, crowning a dizzying rally that has cemented the largest U.S. memory chipmaker ‌as one of the standout winners of the AI boom. Micron's shares were last up 18% ‌at $886.6 - a record high - with Tuesday's boost coming after brokerage UBS increased its price target on the stock to $1,625 from $535, ​which is the highest among the 46 brokerages covering the company, according to LSEG data. The milestone, which underscores memory chips' central role in AI infrastructure, also reflects a broader shift in the AI trade as investors seek out companies that can benefit from Big Tech's massive spending plans after initially crowding into makers ‌of graphics processors.

New Samsung and SK Hynix leveraged ETFs could attract up to $3.5 billion from retail investors.

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A Samsung Electronics union representing the conglomerate's consumer electronics workers said on Tuesday it has asked a South Korean court to block a vote on ‌a pay deal that primarily benefits their colleagues in the company's chip divisions. The government-mediated agreement reached last ‌week, which averted an 18-day strike by 48,000 workers, provides huge bonuses for workers in Samsung's memory chip division, which has seen profits soar amid the ​AI boom. Voting by unionised workers began on Friday and is due to conclude on Wednesday morning.

By Heekyong Yang and Heejin Kim SEOUL, May 26 (Reuters) - A Samsung Electronics union representing the conglomerate's consumer electronics workers said on Tuesday it has asked a South Korean court to

By Heekyong Yang and Heejin Kim SEOUL, May 26 (Reuters) - A Samsung Electronics' union representing the conglomerate's consumer electronics workers said on Tuesday it has asked a South Korean court to