Time.news – Samsung has inaugurated a new space dedicated to research and development of semiconductors in South Korea, in which it plans to invest around 15 billion dollars starting from 2028, with the aim of gaining first place in the implementation of technology chip. The new structure (109 thousand square meters within its campus in Giheung, one hour from the capital Seoul), wants lead research on latest generation devices and processes for processors memory and system and the development of new innovative technologies.
“Samsung – says the company – is trying to overcome the limits of semiconductor scaling”, or the problem of their size: the goal is to create smaller and more powerful chips that are less energy hungry. The inauguration ceremony of the new center in Korea was attended by President and CEO Kye Hyun Kyun, Vice President Jay Y. Lee and other top managers of the company.
“Our new state-of-the-art research and development complex will become an innovation hub where the best research talent from around the world can meet and grow together – said President Kye Hyun Kyung – we expect this new beginning. lay the foundation for sustainable growth of our semiconductor business“, It reaffirmed. “We need to continue our tradition of preemptive investing and emphasizing technology,” said Lee, who then met with chip industry employees and company executives separately.
Between supply crisis, shortage of materials and omnipresence, that of chip production is a decisive match for international equilibrium. At the end of July in the USA (which currently produce only 12% of the world’s chips) the Chips and Science Act was approved. fifty billion dollars in manufacturing incentives for the production of microchips. There is also more than $ 80 billion for the National Science Foundation to support research and technological innovation – 280 billion in all.
In February, Europe presented its chip plan, an initiative with which to relaunch the research and production of microprocessors in the Community and mobilize up to 43 billion euros in public and private money, trying to double the share of European market, bringing it to 20% between now and 2030.
And China? Beijing is trying to break away from foreign dependence, investing in quality semiconductor manufacturing. The fourteenth five-year plan proposes a strengthening of the internal semiconductor industry and aims to achieve it with a rich subsidy program. And it seems that behind the tension between the US and China on Taiwan, rekindled by the lightning visit of the speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, there are precisely the chips: Taiwan is the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturerthe. The other market leader is South Korea.