South Korea’s Memory Chip Giant Defies A.I. Market Jitters

NYT Business Wednesday 29 July 2026, 08:02 UTC By Steve Lohr 1 min read

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A booth for the South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix at an expo in Beijing last month.

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