When a significant trade slowdown happens, massive firms are inclined to slowdown their mid-term and long-term capability associated investments. This is strictly what occurred to SK hynix’s Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, a significant venture introduced in April 2021 and valued at $106 billion. While improvement of the positioning has been largely accomplished, solely 35% of the preliminary shell constructing has been constructed, based on the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy.
“Approximately 35% of Fab 1 has been completed so far and site renovation is in smooth progress,” an announcement by the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy reads. “By 2046, over KRW 120 trillion ($90 billion today, $106 billion in 2021) in investment will be poured to complete Fabs 1 through 4, and construction of Fab 1’s production line will commence in March next year. Once completed, the infrastructure will rank as the world’s largest three-story fab.”
The new semiconductor fabrication cluster by SK hynix introduced virtually precisely three years in the past is primarily meant for use to make DRAM for PCs, cellular units, and servers utilizing superior excessive ultraviolet lithography (EUV) course of applied sciences. The cluster, situated close to Yongin, South Korea, is meant to consist of 4 massive fabs located on a 4.15 million m2 web site. 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 stated, SK hynix’s building progress has been slower than the corporate first projected. The first fab within the advanced was initially meant to come back on-line in 2025, with building beginning within the fourth quarter of 2021. However, SK hynix started to chop its capital expenditures within the second half of 2022, and the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster venture fell a sufferer of that reduce. To ensure, the positioning 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 part of SK hynix Yongin operations would have been a significant reminiscence manufacturing facility costing $25 billion, geared up with EUV instruments, and able to 200,000-WSPM, based on reviews from 2021.
Sources: Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy; ComputerBase
