SK Hynix profits double on memory chip stockpiling ahead of US tariffs

Right now the world is focused on the impact of tariffs, so the question is: what's going to happen with HBM DRAM?"

said Counterpoint research director MS Hwang

Global customers are, overall, maintaining their previously discussed memory demand levels with us,

said an SK hynix official

Even when our clients are headquartered in the US, memory products are often shipped to locations outside the US, meaning the actual proportion of direct exports to the US is not particularly high,

an SK hynix official said

Additionally, some clients are pulling forward demand by requesting short-term supply advances,

the company said