Defendants were software companies (including Symantec), programmable semiconductor firms (including Altera) and memory-chip makers (including Hynix Semiconductor).

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The most desperate chip maker, for instance, is South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, formerly named Hyundai Electronics Industries.

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Shares of Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor, the world's largest and third-largest chip makers respectively, have helped to buoy Korea's stockmarket.

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Hyundai Motor fell 2.1%, while Hynix Semiconductor dropped 1.5%.

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Micron Technology (nyse: MU - news - people ), it seemed all but certain, would close its deal to acquire the memory chip business of beleaguered South Korean chipmaker Hynix Semiconductor .

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An example is South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor.

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