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SK Hynix bargains for chip equipment exports to its China facility in return for building a factory in US

Publisher description: SK Hynix’s Solidigm is reportedly seeking US approval to send more chipmaking equipment to China as it weighs building a new NAND chip factory in America.

TechCrunch | Oct 15, 2026 | Kate Park

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SK Hynix appears to be navigating choppy U. S. -China chipmaking waters. The company’s flash memory unit, Solidigm, is seeking U. S. approval to send American chipmaking equipment to its factory in Dalian, China, as a condition to continue building a semiconductor factory in the U. S, Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources. The U. S. has since granted an annual license to Samsung and SK Hynix for sending chipmaking equipment to their plants in China.

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