Samsung plans to build a new factory in the United States 3 billion consolidation in the flash memory market position

Samsung next year will invest $3 billion to build a semiconductor factory in the United States of Texas, the city of Austen, this is by far the largest Korea Companies overseas investment plan. Samsung will be the first to sign the agreement with Austen next month. Samsung Electronics, a senior said on Thursday that the company temporarily decided to start early next year in Austen to build another 300 mm wafer production line, and later put into operation in the year. Samsung Electronics vice chairman of the board of directors Yoon Jong-yong on Wednesday to the South Korean National Audit Office informed the plan.

Samsung is currently in the production of chip chip DRAM memory, the new plant will produce NAND flash memory chip. As the world's largest chip maker, Samsung hopes the new plant in the United States to consolidate its dominant position in the global flash market.