SK Hynix history

Ever since the first pilot production of Korea’s very first 16Kb SRAM in 1984, SK hynix has been reinforcing its technological leadership by introducing a series of world’s first, smallest, fastest, and lowest-power innovations in the semiconductor industry.

There was mass production of 256K DRAM in the company, and it also started to produce the Multifunctional Phone LX-2 in 1985.

In 1986, other than its B2B clients, Hyundai started to focus on B2C clients through its Hyundai Blue Chip PC. The company was manufacturing the car radios, developed CMOS type 256K EPROM, and also started the production of a key phone-based private switchboard, PABXHX50.

The company developed the 4th generation switchboard HX-400 in 1987 and partnered with MOS Electronic Co. to develop the 256K SRAM. It also launched a satellite broadcasting receiver during the same time.

In 1988, Hyundai came with the automatic answering machine and established its European corporation, HEE. At that time, it was at the top in the export of PCs in South Korea.

Hyundai became the first company to export PCs to Japan in 1989.

In 1990, the company was mass-producing cameras and started to export them to the US. Along with that, it established the HEA Semiconductor and Computer R&D Center and also started to develop bps Pagers and 1M DRAM, becoming the first company in Korea to do that.

Hyundai developed the smallest and the lightest mobile phone in South Korea in 1991.

The company acquired Maxtor (US HDD manufacturer) and also developed the CD autochanger in 1993.

1996 Initial public offering on the Korea Stock Exchange

Hyundai acquired a large stockholder’s share of LG Semiconductor and merged into LG’s LG Electronics division in 1999.

Aug Developed CD-VISION 2000 Developed car CD auto changer Acquired ISO 9002 on computer category Took over Maxtor (US HDD manufacturer) Developed 1M Fast SRAM

2005 Emerged from Corporate Restructuring Promotion Act ahead of schedule

Jan Posted record revenue and profit for 2006 Developed the fastest memory module based on ‘Wafer Level Package’ technology

2007 Appointed Jong-Kap Kim as the new chairman & CEO

2009 Company put up for sale by its lenders after it defaulted on loans and a subsequent debt-equity swap

In January 2010, Hynix Semiconductor Inc was put up for sale in an auction valued at close to $3 billion.

Lee Seok-Hee is serving as the President and CEO, SK Hynix Inc since 2018.