# Samsung Electronics to expand DRAM production at Hwaseong and Pyeongtaek

Samsung Electronics is converting part of its Hwaseong 16-line from NAND flash to DRAM production (30,000 wafers/month) and installing DRAM equipment at Pyeongtaek new fab (30,000 wafers/month), adding about 60,000 wafers/month of DRAM capacity by 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-10-30
- Where: Hwaseong and Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
- Value: $5.50B (6000.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: Q1 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 60,000 wafers per month (DRAM)
- Products: DRAM memory
- 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/20171030000460), 2017-10-30: "삼성전자가 화성과 평택 반도체 공장에 D램 생산 라인을 증설한다."
- [ir.newspim.com](https://ir.newspim.com/news/view/20171129000026), 2017-11-29: "가장 중요한 절차를 마무리한 것으로 남은 인허가 절차를 거쳐 착공할 것"

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