# Samsung to invest up to 3 trillion won in DRAM expansion at Hwaseong Line 17

Samsung Electronics will invest up to 3 trillion won to expand DRAM production at its Hwaseong Line 17, adding 35,000 wafers per month of 10nm-class DRAM capacity. Initial mass production is expected in the second half of 2017.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-05-01
- Where: Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
- Value: $2.70B (3000.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Q3 2017
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 35,000 300mm wafers per month
- Products: 10nm-class DRAM
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Samsung Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/647.md)

## Sources

- [etnews.com](https://www.etnews.com/20170501000134), 2017-05-01: "삼성전자가 최대 3조원을 들여 경기도 화성 사업장 17라인에 D램 증설 투자를 단행한다."

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