I see a lot of people in this thread who don't really know much about Samsung's semiconductor presence in the USA. This expansion has been in the works for years. Samsung has a 100k wafer per month fab in austin texas. They are negotiating for tax abatements for expansion and using alternative sites as leverage.
They are not building a new fab they are expanding their S2 fab in austin texas. There was a permit application that was released a few years back that shows the true scale of their expansion plans.
They are not building a new fab they are expanding their S2 fab in austin texas. There was a permit application that was released a few years back that shows the true scale of their expansion plans.
https://www.swf.usace.army.mil/Portals/47/docs/regulatory/pu...
If this goes through it could made Samsung's S2 fab larger than even TSMC's monster gigafabs.