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To: Stuart Steele who wrote (853)	2/3/2000 4:18:00 AM
From: Estephen	Respond to of 2039

nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com Samsung Builds 1 Million-Sqm DRAM Complex Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is building a new semiconductor production complex on a 1,000,000-square-meter site in Hwasung-gun, Kyonggi province. The new facility, Line 10, is expected to strengthen Samsung's position as the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer and technology leader in flash memory. Initially, Line 10 will be dedicated for the production of 128Mb, 256Mb and Rambus DRAMs. A total of US$1.8 billion will be invested in the new line by the first quarter of 2001. The new line will be capable of processing 0.15 micro meters design rule. Capacity is expected to be 32,000 8-inch wafer starts per month. The first construction phase will be completed by the third quarter of 2000; when monthly wafer starts will total 16,000 Y W Lee, Samsung Semiconductor Business president and CEO, said the company's semiconductor operations will maintain a 6-month to one-year lead in the industry for new product development. "We will complete development of 0.12 micro meters processing technology within one year and the 0.10micro$B!!(Jmeters design rule by 2001. The increase in production capacity with Line 10 investment will strengthen Samsung's market-leading position in DRAMs and SRAMs. We will also emerge as the top company in the flash memory area," said Lee