Samsung will create 2,000 jobs in Texas with $17 billion chip factory

Published:Dec 7, 202310:23
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Announcing its largest ever funding in the United States, the South Korean electronics big mentioned Tuesday that the factory would create 2,000 high-tech jobs straight, and 1000's more in the native financial system as soon as it's in full operation. The facility is predicted to start operations in the second half of 2024"With greater manufacturing capacity, we will be able to better serve the needs of our customers and contribute to the stability of the global semiconductor supply chain," Kinam Kim, Vice Chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics, mentioned in a press release.The firm mentioned that it selected the town of Taylor in Texas for its new plant based mostly on a number of components, together with its proximity to Samsung's present manufacturing web site in Austin, the native semiconductor ecosystem, and authorities help.
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The Taylor web site will span greater than 5 million sq. meters and is predicted to function a key location for Samsung's international semiconductor manufacturing capability, alongside with its newest new manufacturing line in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.
Samsung's announcement comes at a time when the Biden administration has been pushing semiconductor manufacturing and analysis in the United States.
Although the present worldwide scarcity of laptop chips is primarily pushed by the influence of the pandemic, excessive climate occasions which have hampered manufacturing and different components, the United States has been lagging behind different producers for years. Its share of worldwide semiconductor manufacturing dropped to simply 12% final yr, in line with the Semiconductor Industry Association. That's down from 37% in 1990. The commerce group blamed "substantial" subsidies provided by overseas governments that place the United States at a "competitive disadvantage."
Asian nations, together with Taiwan and South Korea dominate the trade. Samsung and different South Korean producers are spending enormous quantities of cash to shore up their manufacturing in the last decade forward.
In May, Samsung mentioned that it might make investments 38 trillion Korean received ($34 billion) on manufacturing of logic chips, the brains that energy computer systems. That brings its complete spend on the enterprise to 171 trillion received ($151 billion) over the following decade, together with commitments introduced in 2019.

The chipmaker additionally introduced in May that it has begun development of the manufacturing line in Pyeongtaek — one of many world's largest hubs for semiconductor manufacturing — which it expects to finish in 2023.— Matt Egan and Diksha Madhok contributed to this report.



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