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To: Ian@SI who wrote (2316)	12/20/1999 9:32:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3661

More Samsung fab spending news. Keep em coming. Sure is nice to have the world's largest DRAM maker as one's customer. ++++++++++++ Samsung to Construct IC Plant in Kyunggi Province December 20, 1999 (SEOUL) -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. will set up a chip production facility in Kyunggi Province. The facility will have eight production lines, including those for 128Mb DRAMs, 256Mb DRAMs and rambus DRAMs. Samsung said it plans to invest a total US$1.8 billion for one of the chip production lines, which will make 32,000 8-in. wafers a month. And US$2.5 billion will be invested in another production line, which will process 12-in. wafers at the end of 2001 or early 2002. Already, Samsung has spent US$2.2 billion on its chip production facilities this year and it plans to inject another US$2.2 billion in 2000. Related story:Samsung Electronics Likely to Enjoy Highest Sales Rise for Chips Worldwide (Maeil Business Newspaper, Korea)