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The strong results from the world’s largest memory chip maker are likely to help ease recent market concerns about the sustainability of AI computing-capacity spending.
SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multi-billion dollar US IPO, expected to take place on Friday.
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Samsung Electronics on Tuesday forecast a 19-fold jump in second-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, its third consecutive quarter of record operating profit, as AI-driven demand continued to boost memory chip prices. The world's largest memory chipmaker estimated April-June operating profit at 89.4 trillion won ($58.44 billion), beating an LSEG SmartEstimate of 87.3 trillion won, according to a regulatory filing. It reported a profit of 4.7 trillion won a year earlier.
US stock futures edged up on the heels of a record-setting day on Wall Street.
Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley reacts to analyst predictions that Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone could instantly sell out upon its launch, despite a massive projected price tag of up to $2,500.
The tech strategist says the AI trade is expanding beyond semiconductors, with earnings season set to test how far the rally can run.
SK Hynix lowered its target for its huge U.S. share offering. The South Korean chip-maker now plans on raising $28 billion in a U.S. listing in the coming days. That is slightly less than originally sought, due to a recent share-price decline.
This ETF launched in April, and it has already more than doubled.
The listing will make it easier to invest in one of the world’s biggest chip companies. The sector helped the Nasdaq composite rise 1.1%.

<body><p>STORY: South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix on Monday launched a U.S. share sale to raise 43 trillion won ($28.07 billion) and drew indications of interest for up to $7 billion from major investors, as it capitalizes on the global AI boom with one of the world's largest new share sales.</p><p>The company will sell 17.79 million new shares through the ADRs on the Nasdaq; 10 ADRs will represent one common share and a Monday filing gave a reference price of 242,500 won per ADR, based on SK Hynix's July 3 closing price in Seoul.</p><p>But while Miller is bullish on the South Korean market as a whole, she still sees it as a "precarious," "two-legged stool" that needs to broaden beyond SK Hynix and tech powerhouse Samsung.</p></body>
SK Hynix’s planned U.S. listing this week will test the AI-fueled chip rally, offering investors a chance to buy a memory chip maker not named Micron Technology—or to stay away from a group that may have come too far, too fast. U.S. investors can get exposure to the country with the iShares MSCI Korea exchange-traded fund, but buying Samsung Electronics or SK Hynix individually has been almost impossible.
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is the most directly tradeable name tied to Appaloosa’s haul. Bloomberg identified Micron as one of the fund’s biggest winners alongside Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Kioxia Holdings, and Sandisk Corp., all of which Tepper rode through an AI-infrastructure spending boom that has reshaped the memory-chip landscape in 2025 and into 2026.
Computer memory supply could remain in deficit until at least mid-2028.
The South Korean memory giants are planning huge investments to shore up production capacity.
South Korea may use excess semiconductor tax revenue to fund AI, chips, data centers, housing, startups, and jobs.
Record profit expectations put the memory giant at the center of the AI investment story.
Apple (AAPL) stock dropped 6% on June 25 after the company raised Mac and iPad prices by $100 to $300, blaming a memory shortage CEO Tim Cook called a "hundred-year flood." Less than two weeks later, shares have clawed back most of that loss, trading near 52-week highs. The market appears to be recalculating Apple's position on two fronts: how well placed Apple is inside the DRAM shortage relative to its peers and how its restraint on AI spending looks increasingly like a smart move.
SK Hynix (KRX: 000660) said it plans to raise about $28 billion through a United States initial public offering (IPO) as the South Korean memory chipmaker seeks to tap sustained investor demand tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure growth. The company will offer 17.79 million common...
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How much can Micron protect against the massive supply entering the market at the end of the decade?
Workers in Samsung's consumer division stand to receive about 6 million won in 2026 bonuses, versus up to 600 million won for semiconductor staff
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