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SK Hynix raises $26.5B in largest foreign IPO in US history

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechCrunch AI ·

SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, driven by AI chip demand. The company is now urged to build new US fabrication plants. Samsung also faces pressure to expand US manufacturing.

Meridian48 take
The IPO's record size underscores AI's insatiable hardware appetite, but building US fabs will test execution against geopolitical and cost hurdles.
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