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Finance South Korea's Kospi tumbles 6% as SK Hynix miss, AI spending fears trigger chip rout
South Korea's benchmark Kospi index plunged 6% on Wednesday, closing at 5,663.24, its lowest since early April. The selloff was led by a 9.4% drop in SK Hynix after quarterly earnings missed forecasts, and a 4.8% decline in Samsung Electronics. Renewed concerns over high AI valuations and China's progress in low-cost AI models weighed on the sector, with regional markets like Japan's Nikkei and Taiwan's Taiex also falling.
SK Hynix raises $26.5bn in record US share sale, tapping AI chip demand
SK Hynix raised $26.5bn in a New York share offering, the largest ever by a foreign firm in the US. The South Korean chipmaker, a key Nvidia supplier, sold 177.9 million American depositary shares at $149 each, with demand reportedly over seven times the available shares. The listing gives US investors direct access to the AI chip boom without trading overseas.
Technology How SK Hynix's 14-year bet on AI chips made it South Korea's most valuable company
SK Hynix overtook Samsung Electronics to briefly become South Korea's most valuable listed company, driven by an early bet on high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips essential for AI servers. The turnaround began with SK Group's 2012 acquisition and culminated in record profits after ChatGPT triggered an AI investment boom.
Technology Old Nvidia GPUs Resurrected, SK Hynix Plans to Triple Memory Production by 2034
Old Nvidia RTX 3060 and 3050 GPUs are being resurrected by graphics card maker Manli in Asia as budget alternatives amid rising current-gen GPU prices. Meanwhile, SK Hynix chairman Chey Tae-won revealed plans to double wafer capacity by 2031 and triple it by around 2034, accelerating from a previous 20-year timeline to meet surging memory demand driven by AI.
Business Semiconductor Stocks Surge Amid AI Boom
Semiconductor companies such as Micron, Samsung, and Nvidia have seen their stock prices skyrocket due to the AI boom, adding trillions to their market caps. This surge reflects the critical role of semiconductors in powering AI technologies.