SK Hynix passes Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company, closing up 5.6% for a ~$1.4T market cap; South Korea's Kospi index is up 117% YTD (Kimberley Kao/Wall Street Journal)

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SK Hynix overtook Samsung in market value as AI memory demand reshapes South Korea’s semiconductor leadership.

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<a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/sk-hynix-tops-samsung-to-become-south-koreas-most-valuable-company-279419a0?st=xhpVkR&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260622/i12.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260622/p12#a260622p12" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Kimberley Kao / <a href="https://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/sk-hynix-tops-samsung-to-become-south-koreas-most-valuable-company-279419a0?st=xhpVkR&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">SK Hynix passes Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company, closing up 5.6% for a ~$1.4T market cap; South Korea's Kospi index is up 117% YTD</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The South Korean memory-chip maker's market capitalization hit $1.362 trillion&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Memory-chip maker SK Hynix has overtaken Samsung Electronics &hellip; </p>