SK Hynix

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday announced a record $19-billion-dollar support plan for the country's crucial semiconductor industry.

U.S. tech titans Apple and Dell have joined a bid to buy Toshiba's memory chip business, a deal seen as key to the survival of the cash-stripped Japanese industrial conglomerate, the US investor leading the consortium has said.

South Korean technology firm Samsung Electronics plans to invest $18.6 billion in its memory chip and display plants in South Korea as it seeks to widen its global lead in the sector.