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Solidigm – SK Hynix Subsidiary US IPO Plans (2027)
SK Hynix's Solidigm, a data-center SSD maker, is reportedly weighing a US IPO as soon as 2027, positioning it within the broader wave of AI-infrastructure-linked memory and storage IPOs (Bloomberg, September 25).
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## Overview
Solidigm, a subsidiary of SK Hynix Inc., is reportedly considering a US initial public offering as soon as 2027, according to people familiar with the matter (Bloomberg, September 25).
## Background
Solidigm was formed from SK Hynix's acquisition of Intel's NAND memory business. It operates in the enterprise and data center SSD storage market, an area experiencing surging demand tied to AI infrastructure buildouts.
## Strategic Importance
The potential IPO comes amid a broader wave of IPOs tied to AI data center supporting industries and a memory chip market experiencing extraordinary demand growth, with peers like SK Hynix and Micron approaching $1 trillion valuation milestones on AI memory demand. A Solidigm listing would be a notable data point in the memory/storage supply chain's capitalization on the AI boom, and could affect competitive dynamics with Samsung, Micron, and Chinese entrants like ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT).
## What to Watch
- Formal S-1 filing or IPO timeline confirmation
- Valuation benchmarks relative to SK Hynix and Micron
- Storage/SSD demand trends tied to AI inference workloads