Samsung to soothe semiconductor drought with new Pyeongtaek production line

[Klaralven]

Samsung has vowed to maximize its silicon production by starting mass production of 5nm and 7nm products at its Pyeongtaek production line in the second half of 2021.

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The plans for a second manufacturing line comes after severe rolling blackouts caused Samsung to shutdown its Austin, Texas manufacturing plant in February.

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Han JinMan, senior vice president of the foundry marketing team said 71,000 wafers were affected by the Austin shutdown, valued at between 300bn won (US$270m) and 400bn won (US$360m). The Austin fab is now operating normally again.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/30/samsung_q1_2021/

Given the cost of unreliable power, you'd think that a fab in a country with unreliable power would have its own power generation plant with fuel storage.