Nvidia supplier SK Hynix’s profit soars on AI demand boost but tariff threat lurks

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It marks the company’s second-highest quarterly performance and comes on the heels of record revenue and profit in the prior quarter.

The Icheon, South Korea-based company on Thursday warned that macroeconomic uncertainty create volatility in demand in the second half of the year. But it kept its forecast for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) demand to double in 2025, citing supply agreements made with customers a year in advance. In the March quarter, SK Hynix reported operating income of 7.

44 trillion won (US$5.2 billion), exceeding the projected 6.6 trillion won on a 42 per cent rise in revenue.



It marked the company’s second-highest quarterly performance and came on the heels of record revenue and operating profit in the prior quarter..