It is reported that Samsung will invest 6 billion U.S. dollars to build a new semiconductor production line in Hwaseong Plant, which will produce chips of 7nm or smaller. Samsung hopes to complete the production line construction in 2019 and start operation in 2020.
Samsung invests 6 billion US dollars to build a 7nm or smaller production line
Samsung said the plant will install EUV lithography equipment that will help Samsung maintain its technological leadership in VLSI integration with EUV lamps featuring shorter wavelengths than currently used ArF lamps and Will allow more accurate and detailed circuitry needed to draw chips smaller than 10 nanometers in size.
It is understood that in the global semiconductor foundry market, Samsung Electronics ranked only fourth, the market share lags far behind TSMC.According to a Samsung executive revealed that Samsung to OEM in the market to do second only to TSMC. As a result, Samsung will look for more chip design company customers, including automotive chip makers.