The company is using the proposed US investment as leverage to ease export restrictions that it considers a material constraint on its business model. These negotiations highlight the friction between U.S. policy to contain China's semiconductor industry and the strategic goal of attracting foreign chip manufacturing to American soil.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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SK Hynix Ties US NAND Fab to China Equipment Export Approval
Tech6 days ago
The South Korean chipmaker is proposing the construction of a memory plant in the United States if Washington grants permission to send chipmaking tools to its operations in Dalian, China. SK Hynix is negotiating these operational conditions as a prerequisite for proceeding with the domestic investment, specifically seeking the ability to bring U.S.-made equipment into its second production facility in Dalian.
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