South Korean chip giant makes largest-ever debut by a foreign firm in the US, eclipsing Alibaba’s 2014 IPO.


Erin Hale is a reporter based in Taipei, Taiwan.
South Korean chip giant makes largest-ever debut by a foreign firm in the US, eclipsing Alibaba’s 2014 IPO.

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