SK Hynix Begins to Run World's Largest Semiconductor Factory

by Michael Herh - Business Korea

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Aug. 26, 2015 – 

On Aug. 25, SK Hynix held a ceremony in honor of the completion of the M14, the world's largest semiconductor factory in its headquarters in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do. The ceremony was held under the theme of "Great Challenge to Create a Better Future," with the participation of 400 VIPs including Chey Tae-won, chairman of the SK Group, Yun Sang-jik, the minister of trade, industry and energy, and Nam Kyung-pil, governor of Gyeonggi-do.

M14 is a semiconductor factory for 300 mm wafers, and the first new factory built by SK Hynix in Icheon in 18 years. The site of the factory is 53,000 square meters, which equals the size of 7.5 football fields. The new factory boasts the world's largest single clean room building, which has a total floor space of 66,000 square meters and has a monthly production capacity of 200,000 wafers.

SK Hynix will begin to produce memory semiconductors with the world's strongest competitiveness at the cutting-edge factory. A total of 15 trillion won (US$12.6 billion) will be invested in this factory, which will secure a monthly production capacity of 300,000 by the end of this year.

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