When a significant trade slowdown happens, huge firms are inclined to slowdown their mid-term and long-term capability associated investments. That is precisely what occurred to SK hynix’s Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, a significant challenge introduced in April 2021 and valued at $106 billion. Whereas growth of the location has been largely accomplished, solely 35% of the preliminary shell constructing has been constructed, based on the Korean Ministry of Commerce, Trade, and Vitality.
“Roughly 35% of Fab 1 has been accomplished to this point and website renovation is in clean progress,” a press release by the Korean Ministry of Commerce, Trade, and Vitality reads. “By 2046, over KRW 120 trillion ($90 billion right now, $106 billion in 2021) in funding shall be poured to finish Fabs 1 by way of 4, and development of Fab 1’s manufacturing line will start in March subsequent 12 months. As soon as accomplished, the infrastructure will rank because the world’s largest three-story fab.”
The brand new semiconductor fabrication cluster by SK hynix introduced nearly precisely three years in the past is primarily meant for use to make DRAM for PCs, cellular gadgets, and servers utilizing superior excessive ultraviolet lithography (EUV) course of applied sciences. The cluster, positioned close to Yongin, South Korea, is meant to consist of 4 giant fabs located on a 4.15 million m2 website. With a deliberate capability of roughly 800,000 wafer begins monthly (WSPMs), it’s set to be one of many world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing hubs.
With that mentioned, SK hynix’s development progress has been slower than the corporate first projected. The primary fab within the advanced was initially meant to come back on-line in 2025, with development beginning within the fourth quarter of 2021. Nevertheless, SK hynix started to chop its capital expenditures within the second half of 2022, and the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster challenge fell a sufferer of that reduce. To make sure, the location continues to be developed, simply at a slower tempo; which is why some 35% of the primary fab shell has been constructed at this level.
If accomplished as deliberate in 2021, the primary section of SK hynix Yongin operations would have been a significant reminiscence manufacturing facility costing $25 billion, outfitted with EUV instruments, and able to 200,000-WSPM, based on reviews from 2021.
Sources: Korean Ministry of Commerce, Trade, and Vitality; ComputerBase
