Inside Samsung's Pyeongtaek buildout: five fabs racing to meet AI memory demand
MIT Tech Review AI · rss · 2026-10-20
- MIT Tech Review visits Samsung's new semiconductor hub in Pyeongtaek, South Korea — a campus the size of Central Park with three fabs running 24/7, a fourth coming online, and a fifth restarted after the AI boom reversed 2024's memory downturn.
- Samsung expects memory demand to surge through 2028; the buildout is its bid to reclaim HBM leadership lost to SK Hynix in supplying Nvidia's AI accelerators.
- The report also captures life on site: safety officers earning 140,000 won ($97) a day and a safety-first culture amid breakneck construction.
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