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The profits of Samsung’s smartphones may have been wavering lately, but the company apparently thinks its semiconductor business can’t be beat. The South Korean firm is beginning construction on a new manufacturing complex to supply the essential components to the electronics industry, investing 15.6 trillion won ($ 14.3 billion) in a site the size of 400 soccer fields. The complex — which is almost as big as the company’s two largest semiconductor factories put together — is slated to begin production in 2017, and will further consolidate Samsung’s position in the industry.
As engineers have continued to push the limits of chip design (straining Moore’s Law in the process) and companies have driven down prices by scaling up production,…
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Samsung is spending $14 billion to build a ‘Samsung Semiconductor Valley’ http://www.danieluk.net/news/samsung-is-spending-14-billion-to-build-a-samsung-semiconductor-valley/ #Big
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