SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
UPDATE
April 2018
McIlvaine Company
Samsung Electronics Breaks Ground on New EUV Line in Hwaseong
Samsung Electronics announced that it broke ground on a new EUV (extreme
ultraviolet) line in Hwaseong, Korea.
With this new EUV line, Samsung will be able to strengthen its leadership in
single nanometer process technology by responding to market demand from various
applications, including mobile, server, network, and HPC (high performance
computing), for which high performance and power efficiency are critical.
The new facility is expected to be completed within the second half of 2019 and
start production ramp-up in 2020. The initial investment in the new EUV line is
projected to reach USD 6 billion by 2020 and additional investment will be
determined depending on market circumstances.
“With the addition of the new EUV line, Hwaseong will become the center of the
company’s semiconductor cluster spanning Giheung, Hwaseong and Pyeongtaek in
Korea,” said Kinam Kim, President & CEO of Device Solutions at Samsung
Electronics. “The line will play a pivotal role as Samsung seeks to maintain a
competitive edge as an industry leader in the coming age of the Fourth
Industrial Revolution.”
Samsung has decided to utilize cutting-edge EUV technology starting with its
7-nanometer (nm) LPP (Low Power Plus) process. This new line will be set up with
EUV lithography equipment to overcome nano-level technology limitations. Samsung
has continued to invest in EUV R&D to support its global customers for
developing next-generation chips based on this leading-edge technology.
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