A visit to Samsung’s massive new semiconductor hub

MIT Technology ReviewOct 20, 2026Oct 20, 2026, 5:00 AM AST

AI accelerators pair a GPU with stacks of high-bandwidth memory, and demand for that memory has surged with generative AI. Samsung is expanding its Pyeongtaek complex in South Korea, where three fabs already run around the clock, a fourth is coming online and work on a fifth resumed after a 2024 slump. It is trying to catch SK Hynix in high-bandwidth memory.

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