三星投资40亿美元升级德州奥斯汀芯片工厂

韩国三星电子周二表示，将对其位於美国德州奥斯丁(Austin)的芯片工厂投资约40亿美元，以升级现有的芯片生产线并提高系统芯片的产量。该类芯片被广泛应用于智能手机和平板电脑之中。 三星在奥斯汀的晶圆厂于去年完成第二阶段建设，主要为苹果生产A4和A5处理器，以及其他逻辑芯片。三星表示，周二公布的升级计划，将使三星在得克萨斯州的晶圆厂的投资总额达到13亿美元。 三星表示，改造后的生产线将主要使用300mm晶圆，生产28nm工艺节点的移动SoC。 三星计划在本月晚些时候开始升级工作，预计将在明年下半年开始量产。 “生产能力的提升，将使我们的客户能够更好地应对市场的需求，”三星奥斯汀半导体公司总裁吴松韩(Woosung Han)在一份声明中说。 三星表示，40亿美元的投资，是在克萨斯州有史以来最大的外商投资。 上周，三星电子宣布，计划扩大其在加利福尼亚州圣何塞的半导体R＆D中心，该项目将获得丰厚的税收减免。 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 编译:Luffy Liu 参考英文原文：Samsung to invest $4B to upgrade Austin chip fab

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{pagination} Samsung to invest $4B to upgrade Austin chip fab Dylan McGrath SAN FRANCISCO—A subsidiary of South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to invest $4 billion to beef up the company's logic semiconductor fab in Austin, Texas, the company said Tuesday (Aug. 21). Samsung completed construction of phase two of the Austin fab—where Samsung builds A4 and A5 processors for Apple Inc. as well as other logic chips—last year. The upgrade plans announced Tuesday will bring Samsung's total fab investment in Texas to $13 billion, Samsung said. Samsung said the remodeled fab line will mainly produce mobile SoCs on 300-mm wafers at the 28-nm process node. Samsung said it plans to start work on the upgrade later this month. Mass production of the retroffited facility is expected to commence in the second half of next year, Samsung said. "The added ability in production will allow our customers to better respond to market needs," said Woosung Han, president of Samsung Austin Semiconductor, in a statement. Samsung said the $4 billion investment would mark the largest ever foreign investment in the state of Texas. Last week, Samsung announced plans to expand its semiconductor R&D facility in San Jose, Calif. The project will receive substantial tax breaks from the state of California and San Jose.