# Samsung Electronics plans 30 trillion won chip plant in Pyeongtaek

Samsung Electronics is in talks to invest 30 trillion won ($27.8 billion) to build a second chip-production line in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, amid surging demand for memory chips. The plan is under discussion and details have yet to be finalized.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-02-07
- Where: Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
- Value: $27.8B (30000.0B KRW)
- Starts operating: 22 Sep 2011
- Status: rumored
- Capacity: more than 10,000 12-inch wafers per month (NAND flash)
- Products: memory chips, V-NAND flash
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [koreatimes.co.kr](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20180207/samsung-to-invest-w30-trillion-to-build-chip-plant), 2018-02-07: "Samsung is in talks with officials in Pyeongtaek over a new chip-production line in that city."
- [cdrinfo.com](https://cdrinfo.com/d7/content/samsung-begins-operation-worlds-largest-memory-fab-initiates-mass-production-20nm-class-ddr3), 2018-03-08: "Samsung announced today that it has begun operations of its new Line-16 memory semiconductor fabrication facility, which will provide the industry's largest production capacity."

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