Austin, Texas
Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLP is investing $200 million to revamp its entire plant from .23 micron to .18 miron chips, the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) industry standard for chip size. Equipment for the micron shift is expected to be moved in by summer 2000. The upgrade will also include a $7 million, 19,000-sf addition of lab and office space to accommodate the company's electronic die sort operations. Completion of the additional space is anticipated in late 2000 or early 2001.