Samsung begins mass production of chips at new Seoul plant

News General Korea, Republic of 4 JUL 2017
Samsung begins mass production of chips at new Seoul plant

Samsung Electronics has announced the start of mass production and shipping at its new semiconductor fabrication facility in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul. The plant houses the largest single fabrication line in the industry and will focus on the production of the company’s latest three-dimensional V-NAND flash chips. Samsung added that the new line help meet semiconductor demand in the fields of Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, big data and automotive technologies.

The company said it plans to invest total of KRW 30 trillion in the Pyeongtaek facility by 2021 with a view to further expanding its semiconductor fabrication capacity. Samsung is also committing KRW 6 trillion to its Hwaseong plant to install state-of-the-art infrastructure including Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) equipment, and is reviewing plans to set up a new OLED manufacturing site in Asan, South Korea, by 2018, as well as a second semiconductor fabrication line in Xi’an, China.

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