In particular, memory chip demand from corporate buyers stocking AI data centres as well as gaming personal computers is expected to increase in the second half of the year, the world's second-biggest memory chip maker said.
SK Hynix reported a 2.9 trillion won ($2.28 billion) operating loss in the June quarter, down from 4.2 trillion won profit a year earlier on weak memory chip pricing and demand.
AI CHIPSSK Hynix said demand for AI server memory had more than doubled in the second quarter compared to the first quarter.
SK Hynix leads the market in high bandwidth memory (HBM) DRAM used in the fast-growing field of generative AI.
Samsung, the world's biggest memory chip maker, will report its detailed second-quarter financial results on Thursday.
Persons:
SK Hynix, Greg Roh, Nam Dae, 1,274.1300, Joyce Lee, Heekyong Yang, Christopher Cushing, Jamie Freed
Organizations:
Korea's SK Hynix, Microsoft, SK Hynix's, SK, SK Hynix, Revenue, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor Securities, eBEST Investment, Securities, Samsung, Thomson
Locations:
SEOUL, KS, HBM