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Samsung gears up for new factory construction in Pyeongtaek, aims to lead in HBM4
Samsung Electronics is advancing construction of its Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, chip plant to boost HBM4 production amid competitive pressure despite facing technical challenges and Nvidia's stringent certification requirements.
[NEWS ANALYSIS] Samsung Electronics is gearing up to accelerate the construction of its chip plant in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, with the key approvals awarded by the city's government over the past months. The move follows months of stalled construction activity for new factories, as the Korean chipmaker seeks to regain lost ground in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) race against SK hynix and Micron. Song Myung-seob, an analyst at iM Securities, cautioned that Nvidia's qualification process involves far stricter performance standards — particularly around speed and power consumption — than Samsung's internal benchmarks.
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