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It shed its memory-chip business and bet the ranch on microprocessors.

Kodak Didn't Kill Rochester. It Was the Other Way Around Rich Karlgaard 2012

UBS Securities analyst Uche Orji argues there is less risk of flash-chip makers overproducing than in other memory-chip markets because there are only three or four manufacturers, including Samsung, Toshiba and SanDisk.

SanDisk Poised for Flash Dance Martin Peers 2010

Whereas debates about debt or defense from hundreds of years ago sound fairly familiar, the earnest promises of the early 1980s to establish strategic strengths in memory-chip manufacture sound quaint today.

There's Nothing So Old as the Recently New Matt Ridley 2011

The deal allows nine banks to sell part of their 15% holding in Hynix, the world's second-largest memory-chip maker by revenue, after Samsung Electronics Co. The banks became major shareholders in debt-for-equity swaps after Hynix nearly collapsed in 2001 when chip prices plunged.

SK Telecom to Buy Hynix Stake for $3.04 Billion Jung-Ah Lee 2011

The agreement with Nvidia comes a few months after a big loss for Rambus in an antitrust case against memory-chip makers Micron Technology Inc. and Hynix Semiconductor Inc. Rambus had sought nearly $4 billion in direct damages for the harm it allegedly suffered in the case, an amount that could have been tripled instantly under California law.

Rambus, Nvidia Settle Patent Dispute Shara Tibken 2012

A supply glut had been pushing down memory-chip prices since last year's second half.

Slower Demand to Hit Hynix Profit Jung-Ah Lee 2011

But that's the smallest margin since the last quarter of 2009, a sign that the memory-chip business, which Samsung leads, in the midst of a cyclical downturn.

Samsung's Profit Falls 30% Evan Ramstad 2011

Also Thursday, memory-chip maker Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said it is seeing a pick up in demand for chips used in premium mobile devices, helped by tight supply due to shortages of chips from Japanese companies.

Hyundai Net Profit Jumps 47% Amid Strong Growth Prospects Kyong-Ae Choi 2011

Hynix, like other memory-chip makers, negotiates its prices by contract with major personal-computer makers such as Dell Inc., Apple Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co.

Slower Demand to Hit Hynix Profit Jung-Ah Lee 2011

Rambus, which makes memory-chip technology, said the agreement covers a broad range of chips offered by graphics-processor maker Nvidia.

Rambus, Nvidia Settle Patent Dispute Shara Tibken 2012