Samsung is developing a smart sensor system, and delayed its U.S. Tyler semiconductor plant mass production to 2025
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Update time : 2024-01-08 15:05:49
According to foreign media reports, Samsung is developing a smart sensor system for controlling and managing semiconductor processes. This new technology is expected to improve semiconductor yields and productivity, and is expected to be applied to drones and artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor manufacturing process.
The smart sensors being developed by Samsung Electronics are said to be ultra-compact and won't have much impact on existing equipment space, and will be used to measure the plasma uniformity of wafers. The company's move will help reduce its dependence on foreign sensors. Samsung is currently the world's second-largest semiconductor chip maker, but its foundry market share is much lower than that of its rival TSMC. The company plans to invest $230 billion over the next few years to overtake TSMC and become the world's largest chipmaker. Recently, market research organization Counterpoint Research released an infographic showing that Samsung ranked third in terms of global semiconductor revenue in Q3 2023, as the company's memory product line gradually recovered to boost performance. Last week, foreign media reported that Samsung Electronics plans to invest about 40 billion yen ($280 million) over the next five years to build a new advanced chip packaging research facility in Yokohama, Japan, to develop advanced chip packaging technology. It is believed that the facility will be a center for developing chip packaging technologies needed for high-performance chips. And, Samsung Electronics has delayed mass production at its semiconductor plant in Tyler, Texas, to 2025. According to the original plan, the factory will realize mass production in the second half of next year. Foreign media said that the reason for the delay in mass production of the plant is related to the U.S. government subsidies and various licensing complexity issues. Some sources also revealed that the uncertainty of economic recovery also seems to have affected Samsung's investment decisions in the region. Since announcing an investment of $17 billion (about 22 trillion won) in the construction of the Taylor plant in 2021, Samsung Electronics is aiming for mass production in the second half of 2024. The company even stated on its official website that the plant will be mass-produced in 2024. However, Siyoung Choi, the head of Samsung Electronics' foundry business, announced on Dec. 25 that the Taylor factory will produce its first wafers in the second half of next year and will begin mass production in 2025. Industry insiders expect that the factory will only carry out small-scale equipment installation next year, and will not be fully operational. According to foreign media reports, the company plans to install a production line capable of producing 5,000 12-inch wafers per month after the first half of next year. This is a relatively small scale compared to the 4-nanometer production line that can produce 28,000 wafers per month at Samsung's Pyeongtaek 3 plant.
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