---
title: "South Korea to the rescue: The world's two biggest memory chipmakers will drop over half a trillion dollars to end 'RAMageddon,' but there's a catch"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295660159.md"
description: "Samsung and SK Hynix are pouring half a trillion dollars into new factories that would relieve the components crisis making consumer electronics exorbitantly expensive."
datetime: "2026-08-12T11:50:41.000Z"
locales:
  - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/295660159.md)
  - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295660159.md)
  - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/295660159.md)
---

# South Korea to the rescue: The world's two biggest memory chipmakers will drop over half a trillion dollars to end 'RAMageddon,' but there's a catch

Samsung and SK Hynix are pouring half a trillion dollars into new factories that would relieve the components crisis making consumer electronics exorbitantly expensive.

### Related Stocks

- [SKHY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SKHY.US.md)
- [SSNGY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SSNGY.US.md)
- [07709.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07709.HK.md)
- [09747.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/09747.HK.md)
- [07747.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07747.HK.md)
- [07347.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07347.HK.md)
- [SMSN.UK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SMSN.UK.md)
- [03121.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/03121.HK.md)
- [09347.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/09347.HK.md)

## Related News & Research

- [SK Hynix union finalising preliminary wage deal, source says](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296284094.md)
- [China's YMTC Is Now World's 3rd Biggest Flash-Memory Supplier With 14% Market Share](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296169653.md)
- [SK Hynix to pay 60% of employee bonuses in company stock, says source](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296439426.md)
- [Samsung unveils price hike, plant expansion plans as TSMC reaches capacity](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296371163.md)
- [Samsung Electronics invests KRW 240 billion to build HVAC production line in Korea by 2028](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296282830.md)