Shares of SK Hynix and Samsung surge more than 20% in Seoul on Friday, marking a sharp reversal from this week's sell-off (Lee Ying Shan/CNBC)

<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/31/sk-hynix-samsung-ai-rally-chipmakers.html"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260730/i67.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260730/p67#a260730p67" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Lee Ying Shan / <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/">CNBC</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/31/sk-hynix-samsung-ai-rally-chipmakers.html">Shares of SK Hynix and Samsung surge more than 20% in Seoul on Friday, marking a sharp reversal from this week's sell-off</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; South Korea's chip heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics skyrocketed in Seoul on Friday, tracking a sharp rally in U.S. technology stocks after blockbuster earnings &hellip; </p>