Samsung opens giant chip plant in Texas
Samsung Electronics said on Friday it has opened a giant plant at Austin in Texas, to supply US customers with the most advanced memory chips used for various mobile devices.
By Agencies |
SEOUL: South Korea's Samsung Electronics said on Friday it has opened a giant plant at Austin in Texas, to supply US customers with the most advanced memory chips used for various mobile devices.
The plant, as large as nine football fields, will produce 300 millimetre (12-inch) wafers whose yields are 2.4 times greater than the less advanced eight-inch wafers. The $3.5 billion facility will produce 60,000 such wafers every month.
The plant, as large as nine football fields, will produce 300 millimetre (12-inch) wafers whose yields are 2.4 times greater than the less advanced eight-inch wafers. The $3.5 billion facility will produce 60,000 such wafers every month.
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