Global tech giants offer unprecedented investments to SK Hynix for chip production lines, equipment funding amid severe AI-driven memory shortage; South Korean chipmaker cautious about financial commitments to avoid being tied to single buyers.

Exclusive: SK Hynix flooded with unprecedented offers from big tech firms to secure chip supplies

SummaryCompaniesSK Hynix received offers to invest in chip production lines - sourcesSK got offers to fund extreme ultraviolet lithography machine purchases - sourcesSK cautious about offers, doesn't want to be tied to one company - sourcesSEOUL/SINGAPORE, May 8 (Reuters) - SK Hynix (000660.KS), opens new tab is being aggressively courted by big global tech firms with offers to invest in its new production lines and fund purchases of pricey manufacturing tools as they rush to secure memory chip...