Samsung to Invest $4B to Renovate Austin Fab
To meet rapidly growing demand for logic products, Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC said today it would to invest about $4 billion to renovate its existing fab to accommodate full System LSI production.
The remodeled fab will produce mostly state-of-the-art mobile SoCs on 300mm wafers at the 28nm process node with approximately 2,500 construction workers and equipment vendors required to retrofit the facility and set up the equipment, the company said in a statement.
Work on the renovation is set to begin this month, with mass production to begin in the second half of 2013.
Dr. Woosung Han, president of Samsung Austin Semiconductor said the company is pleased to extend its presence in Austin and reinforce Samsung’s capacity for highly advanced logic products. The added ability in production is meant to allow customers to better respond to market needs.
This marks the largest single foreign investment ever made in the state of Texas. Samsung’s total investment in Samsung Austin Semiconductor since 1996 will exceed $13 billion.
Tags: 28nm, 300mm, fab renovation, Samsung