Lee Jae-yong Visits Semiconductor Factory Again After a Month: "Challenging to Become World No.1 in System Semiconductors" (Comprehensive)

Lee Jae-yong, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics (file photo)

[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the latest semiconductor factory again after a month to check its operation and encourage employees.

Samsung Electronics announced that Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the Hwaseong plant in Gyeonggi Province on the 20th to personally inspect the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) dedicated semiconductor production line, which began full-scale operation this month, and to encourage the employees.

The 'V1 Line' visited by Vice Chairman Lee is Samsung Electronics' first EUV dedicated line, which recently started full-scale production of semiconductors below 7 nanometers, and will primarily produce next-generation foundry products going forward.

EUV (Extreme Ultra Violet) is a technology that uses a short-wavelength extreme ultraviolet light source to etch semiconductor circuits onto wafers, enabling finer circuit implementation compared to the existing technology using argon fluoride (ArF).

On the day, Vice Chairman Lee visited the 'V1 Line' within the Hwaseong plant in Gyeonggi Province together with Kim Ki-nam, Vice Chairman and head of the Device Solutions (DS) division, and Jung Eun-seung, head of the Foundry Business Division.

Samsung Electronics V1 Line Overview

The V1 Line began construction in early 2018 and was completed in the second half of last year. Samsung Electronics invested about 7 trillion won in this line. Samsung Electronics expects the production scale of products below 7 nanometers to expand more than threefold compared to the previous year by the end of this year.

Vice Chairman Lee visited the semiconductor research center within the Hwaseong plant on the 2nd of last month as his first management schedule of the year, and about a month later, he visited the first dedicated EUV line again. This is interpreted as showing his special commitment to system semiconductors.

Last year, Samsung Electronics announced the 'Semiconductor Vision 2030,' revealing plans to invest 133 trillion won in system semiconductors, hire 15,000 people, and support ecosystem development.

Vice Chairman Lee said, "Last year, we planted the vision of becoming the world's number one in system semiconductors here, and today we have fastened the first button of a long journey," adding, "Let us not stop challenging so that the small semiconductors made here can contain the dream of contributing to human society."

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