SK hynix dethrones Samsung to become world’s top-selling memory maker for the first time — success mostly attributed to its HBM3 dominance for Nvidia’s AI GPUs
SK hynix has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top memory maker in Q2 2025, driven by surging HBM demand from AI accelerators. With over 60% HBM market share and record profits, Hynix signals a shift from commodity DRAM to advanced, AI-optimized memory leadership.

