# Samsung to start operations at new semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek

Samsung will begin operating its new semiconductor factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, from July 2017. The plant, built at a cost of 15.6 trillion KRW (approx. USD 13.6 billion), will mass-produce 64-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips with total capacity of 450,000 wafers per month.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-04-13
- Where: Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
- Value: $13.6B (15600.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Jul 2017
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 450,000 wafers per month
- Products: 64-layer 3D NAND flash memory
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Samsung](https://endata.com/companies/5951.md)

## Sources

- [storage.yesky.com](https://storage.yesky.com/487/134221487.shtml), 2017-04-13: "三星将从7月份开始运营位于韩国京畿道平泽市的新半导体工厂"
- [ic-test.cn](https://www.ic-test.cn/en/news/company/95786.html), 2017-04-19: "pyongtaek factory finished, samsung as the world's largest semiconductor factories, is expected to formally put into production in July"

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