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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (28910)	3/5/1999 2:29:00 PM
From: Duker	Respond to of 70976

Samsung to spend 20% more on fabs this year A service of Semiconductor Business News, CMP Media Inc. Story posted 2:15 p.m. EST/11:15 a.m. PST, 3/5/99 By Jack Robertson WASHINGTON -- Samsung Electronics Co. today confirmed that it is boosting its semiconductor capital spending by 20% this year to $1.2 billion. The jump reflects the Korean chip maker's decision to ramp up DRAM and other chip production as the global market appears to be improving. Only a month ago, Samsung said it was still sticking with a $1 billion capital expenditure budget for 1999, which was essentially the same as last year. However, industry sources and analysts said the world's largest DRAM producer is responding to the big ramp-up by archrival Micron Technology Inc. The Boise, Idaho, memory maker expects to double its DRAM output next year when upgraded former Texas Instruments fabs are producing wafers at 0.18-micron design rules. A Samsung spokesman in Seoul said the capital investment will be used to upgrade and fill production lines at existing fabs in Korea and the firm's Austin, Tex., fab. Samsung has been placing major equipment orders to complete its Fab 9 line at Kiheung, South Korea. A second stage expansion at the Austin fab will double production to a capacity of about 25,000 wafers a month. As previously reported, the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association projected that all chip makers in the country would double their spending on equipment this year to $2.6 billion (see Feb. 24 story).

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (28910)	3/5/1999 2:31:00 PM
From: Duker	Respond to of 70976

With Link: Samsung to spend 20% more on fabs this year semibiznews.com By Jack Robertson WASHINGTON -- Samsung Electronics Co. today confirmed that it is boosting its semiconductor capital spending by 20% this year to $1.2 billion. The jump reflects the Korean chip maker's decision to ramp up DRAM and other chip production as the global market appears to be improving. Only a month ago, Samsung said it was still sticking with a $1 billion capital expenditure budget for 1999, which was essentially the same as last year. However, industry sources and analysts said the world's largest DRAM producer is responding to the big ramp-up by archrival Micron Technology Inc. The Boise, Idaho, memory maker expects to double its DRAM output next year when upgraded former Texas Instruments fabs are producing wafers at 0.18-micron design rules. A Samsung spokesman in Seoul said the capital investment will be used to upgrade and fill production lines at existing fabs in Korea and the firm's Austin, Tex., fab. Samsung has been placing major equipment orders to complete its Fab 9 line at Kiheung, South Korea. A second stage expansion at the Austin fab will double production to a capacity of about 25,000 wafers a month. As previously reported, the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association projected that all chip makers in the country would double their spending on equipment this year to $2.6 billion (see Feb. 24 story).