1949 Originally incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Korea[7]
1983 Founded as Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.[4] (The name Hynix comes from Hy in Hyundai and nix [from nics in Electronics])
1985 Started mass production of 256K DRAM
1986 The Hyundai-manufactured Blue Chip PC was sold in discount and toy stores throughout the US. It is one of the earliest PC clones marketed toward consumers instead of business.[8]
2004 Signed System IC Business Transfer Agreement with System Semiconductor
2005 Emerged from Corporate Restructuring Promotion Act ahead of schedule
2006 Posted record the highest revenues since foundation
Established global manufacturing network with complete construction of Hynix-ST Semiconductor Inc.
Hynix's wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary in China
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
2010 Fine of €51.47 million for illegally fixing prices with eight other memory chip makers.[9]
In January 2010, Hynix Semiconductor Inc was put up for sale in an auction valued at close to $3 billion.[10][11]
On August 31, 2010, HP announced collaboration with Hynix to bring memristor to high volume manufacturing step (targeted for 2013).[12]
2012SK Group, the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea, acquired a 21.05% stake in Hynix.[13]
2013 Fab 1 and Fab 2 in China both suffered a massive fire which took the factories offline temporarily.[14]
2014 SK Hynix acquired the firmware division of Softeq Development FLLC to make it a part of its global R&D network alongside Italy-based Ideaflash S.r.l, Link_A_Media Devices and Violin Memory in the US, and Taiwanese Innostor Technology.[15][16]
^"IBM home computer clones stream in with quality, low prices". Hyundai, the South Korean maker of one of the hottest and cheapest compact cars on sale in the United States, is beginning to hawk its Blue Chip Computer in more than 500 discount stores nationwide. The unit is compatible with the IBM PC-XT.
US$ 13.3 billion (2013)[1]
