Posted May 27, 2026 at 9:57 PM UTCSExternal LinkMemory money: SK Hynix, Micron, and Samsung are all trillion-dollar companies now.As the Wall Street Journal reports, SK Hynix and Micron both passed the milestone this week. The spike in value for the world’s three largest DRAM manufacturers follows a months-long global memory shortage, driven by demand from AI data centers, that’s causing prices to skyrocket on everything from phones to game consoles.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Stevie Bonifield
Memory money: SK Hynix, Micron, and Samsung are all trillion-dollar companies now.
As the Wall Street Journal reports, SK Hynix and Micron both passed the milestone this week. The spike in value for the world’s three largest DRAM manufacturers follows a months-long global memory shortage, driven by demand from AI data centers, that’s causing prices to skyrocket on everything from phones to game consoles. [Link: SK Hynix, Micron Join Trillion-Dollar Club | https://www.wsj.com/tech/sk-hynix-joins-trillion-dollar-club-alongside-nvidia-tsmc-b71fc8a0 | Wall Street Journal]
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