Samsung Electronics has recently shared a plan with its supplier that it is assuming to build pilot lines in South Korea and the US by the end of 2023, the pilot lines will be built at P4 in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, and another one in Taylor, Texas.
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According to information, Samsung discussed with its suppliers for the fabs, and construction of these lines is expected to start late in the year. As a pilot line is usually built three months before the main production line is built when it comes to fabs, or chip production facilities.
A newly built fab always has a pilot line at the start as they usually adopt advanced processes that have yet to be commercialized. Additionally, the pilot lines usually have one to two units of machines needed in the main line to begin the process.
Samsung further says that it will be a foundry fab to make customers a 5G, AI, high-performance computing, and other advanced chips. Whereas, P4 is an additional fab at Samsung’s Pyeongtaek chip complex that already houses multiple fabs.
Notably, the P4 is being designed to make both memory and logic chips for Samsung just like the previous P3 and the reason behind this is the US and China’s trade war. However, Samsung will unlikely expand memory production through its facility in Xi’an and the firm is expected to start commercial chip production at P4 and Taylor sometime in 2024.
