In the first quarter of this year, Korean companies purchased 30% of global chip manufacturing equipment
On July 14, according to media reports, in the first quarter of this year, South Korean companies spent a huge amount of money to purchase global chip manufacturing equipment, supplying 7.31 billion U.S. dollars and became the country with the highest investment in global chip manufacturing equipment in the first quarter.
Overall, the total sales of global chip manufacturing equipment in the first quarter of this year reached 23.57 billion U.S. dollars, and the total amount of chip manufacturing equipment purchased by Korean companies accounted for 31%, a year-on-year increase of 118%. Among them, Samsung and SK Hynix have contributed the most. Samsung is actively expanding its chip foundry business, while SK Hynix is building a new M16 factory.
Some time ago, the South Korean government announced that it will cooperate with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, and other companies to build the world’s largest chip manufacturing base in South Korea by 2030, making South Korea a global industry in the fields of memory and system chips. Leader.
In order to achieve this goal, the South Korean government has promised companies that it can provide companies building semiconductor facilities with great tax incentives. At the same time, South Korea stated that in order to achieve the goal as soon as possible, it will provide 450 billion U.S. dollars to help project research and development work, and in the ten years from 2022 to 2031, 36,000 experts in related fields will be trained to enable South Korean semiconductors to compete with the United States as soon as possible. s level.
On the corporate side, Samsung said it will invest an additional US$33.5 billion in areas such as memory and system semiconductors to make itself a leader in the industry again. SK Hynix said that it will actively cooperate with the government's plan, and they will expand the company's foundry business capacity in 8-inch wafers, by expanding this business to about twice the original.
At present, South Korea’s investment in the semiconductor field is very effective. Only in the procurement of semiconductor chip manufacturing equipment, South Korea has reached the forefront of the world. Obviously this time South Korea is ready to earnestly play its role in the semiconductor manufacturing field and resume recovery. It's not just talking about being a global leader.