Samsung plans to spend 6 trillion won (about 5.3 billion US dollars) in South Korea Hwaseong (Hwaseong), to create the 18th line foundry factory. The new plant was originally scheduled for November, the second half of 2019 Enabled. Line 18 will be equipped with Extremely Ultraviolet Light Shadow Equipment (EUV), which is an important tool for the process below 7 nm.
Samsung is currently a small foundry, the market share of only 7.9%, 18 line factory is the key to Samsung's turn over, hoping to overtake UMC, leapt to foundry second, to enter the leading boss TSMC.
However, the traffic crisis report from the South Korean government predicts that Samsung's construction of the new residence in Huacheng and Suwon will worsen the traffic jam between Huacheng and Suwon. The city government requires Samsung to contribute to the construction of the cost of 700 Samsung City, the city has anger refused to send a new factory license, the two sides are still discussing, at present, the two sides are still in the hands of the city, It seems that the 18 line factory probably can not be scheduled in November ground construction.