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Hynix Semiconductor wants to be king of the memory mountain. The company, part of South Korean conglomerate Hyundai Group, is battling Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology to be crowned the world's largest maker of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips. Hynix also makes static random-access memories (SRAMs), flash memory, and application-specific integrated circuits. Semiconductors account for nearly 65% of sales. The company, which changed its name from Hyundai Electronics Industries (HEI) in 2001 as part of its plan to separate from Hyundai Group, is streamlining to reduce its crippling debt. Hynix has spun off all non-core business units, including its telecom handset, asymmetric DSL, and LCD units.
COMPETITION |
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Kyocera Corporation (KYO)
Micron Technology, Inc. (MU)
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SEC)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 7,026.70
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 33.5%
Employees: 13,938
Revenue per employee: $504,139.76
KEY PEOPLE |
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Chong-Sup Park
CEO
Kyu-Chung Cho
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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San 136-1, Ami-ri, Bubal-eub
Ichon Kyonggi 467-860, South Korea
Phone: 82-31-630-4114
Fax: 82-31-630-4103
Online: Web Site
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