A visit to Samsung’s massive new semiconductor hub
To meet growing demand for memory, Samsung is building a massive new semiconductor manufacturing complex in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.
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Key points
- Generative AI models run on powerful chips known as GPUs, which depend on stacks of specialized memory chips packaged with the processor.
- It’s just before noon on a Monday, and construction workers are pouring out of Samsung’s fabs in Pyeongtaek, a farming city south of Seoul where rice paddies abut a sprawling chipmaking complex.
- Some stop by real estate offices to inquire, stepping up to the same counters where Samsung’s salaried engineers buy new homes.
- Banners that hang from the highest girders read, “Even if the work runs late, don’t rush.” A giant LED scoreboard announces the winners of a contest for writing a poem about safety.
Sources (1)
- [1]A visit to Samsung’s massive new semiconductor hubMIT Technology Review (AI) · Oct 20, 09:00 AM
To meet growing demand for memory, Samsung is building a massive new semiconductor manufacturing complex in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.
Generative AI models run on powerful chips known as GPUs, which depend on stacks of specialized memory chips packaged with the processor.
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