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Samsung Electronics chip factory under construction in Taylor, Texas [SCREEN CAPTURE]
Samsung Electronics' chip factory in Taylor, Texas, will begin operations by July this year, it was announced in court in Williamson County, where the factory is located.
Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell said Samsung's Taylor plant “will begin admitting residents to its construction facility no later than July 1 and will begin manufacturing within that period.”
Gravel traveled to South Korea last week with Taylor Mayor Brant Reidel to attend a semiconductor conference and met with executives from Samsung and other companies.
The judge added that Samsung has “begun pouring the foundations” for a second manufacturing plant.
The two manufacturing units on site will have a combined area of 11.4 million square feet, Gravel said.
Samsung Electronics said Thursday that the Taylor plant is “progressing as planned,” but did not provide further details.
Samsung Electronics announced plans to invest $17 billion in 2022 to build a chip manufacturing factory in Taylor, Texas, with plans to begin mass production later this year. The company said the factory will mass produce chips at the 4-nanometer node.
However, those plans were recently delayed.
Samsung Electronics President Choi Si-young said last year that mass production would begin in 2025, with small quantities of wafers entering the factory in the second half of this year.
It is speculated that the postponement of the schedule is due to the extension of subsidy negotiations.
Samsung Electronics has applied for a subsidy under the CHIPS Act, which aims to promote chip manufacturing on U.S. soil. Subsidies are capped at $39 billion, putting Samsung in competition with companies such as TSMC and Intel.
An announcement on the subsidies is expected within the next eight weeks, according to an interview with Reuters' Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
Written by Jin Eun-soo [jin.eunsoo@joongang.co.kr]
