South Korea's leading semiconductor companies are increasing their investments in production facilities, driven by strong forecasts for rapid growth in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market, reported the Korea Herald.
Jul. 04, 2025 –
South Korea's leading semiconductor companies are increasing their investments in production facilities, driven by strong forecasts for rapid growth in the artificial intelligence chip market, reported the Korea Herald.
Samsung Electronics is reviewing plans to restart construction of chip manufacturing plants in Korea, while SK hynix has recently begun building a new back-end processing facility.
Citing industry sources, the Korean English daily said that tech giant Samsung is preparing to resume work on its Pyeongtaek Campus Line 4 , where construction was halted last year.
P4, the company's fourth major chip facility at the site, is divided into four phases. While Phases 1 and 3 are nearing completion, sources have reported that work orders have recently been issued for Phases 2 and 4, with full-scale construction expected within two to three months, the news platform added.
Initially planned for foundry production, two areas of the P4 facility are now expected to be converted into DRAM production lines. These will manufacture sixth-generation 1c DRAM using a 10-nanometer process, a technology Samsung confirmed it has successfully developed for next-generation high bandwidth memory chips.
Vice Chair Jun Young-hyun, who oversees Samsung's semiconductor division, visited the U.S. last week and met with Nvidia, signalling the company's commitment to closing the gap with competitors and securing new HBM chip orders...