SK Hynix overtaking Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company is the culmination of 14 years of bets on HBM, which paid off as the AI boom took off (Reuters)
SK Hynix became South Korea's most valuable company as long-term HBM investments turned into a central AI infrastructure advantage.
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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260624/p7#a260624p7" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/how-sk-hynixs-bet-niche-memory-chip-made-it-more-valuable-than-samsung-2026-06-24/">SK Hynix overtaking Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company is the culmination of 14 years of bets on HBM, which paid off as the AI boom took off</a></b></span> — SK Hynix's (000660.KS) overtaking of Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) to become South Korea's most valuable firm was the culmination … </p>
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