Anthropic Asks SK Hynix for Chip Supplies, SK Chair Says
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- Anthropic asked SK Hynix for supplies to make its own chips, according to SK Group Chair Chey Tae Won.
- Chey Tae Won called the move "remarkable," flagging it as unusual for an AI developer to pursue chip production, and described SK Hynix as one of the world's biggest manufacturers of memory chips.
Why it matters: By approaching SK Hynix — one of the world's largest memory chip makers — directly for chip supplies, Anthropic is pursuing its own chipmaking, a move the SK Group chair publicly called "remarkable" for an AI developer. For SK Hynix, the request marks a direct line into AI-lab hardware demand outside traditional GPU vendor channels.
