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Re:Samsung Foundry: New $17B Fab in the USA by Late 2023 by avs733 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:39PM (#26095797)
comparative data point:

Intel's last fab build took 9 years to go from green field to producing wafers (note...faster is possible)

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intels-long-awaited-fab-42...

Some more realistic notes because I sound a little hyperbolic:

2011 - break ground

2013 - finish basic construction

2014 - stop progress

2017 - start install of tooling

2020 - production

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Re:Samsung Foundry: New $17B Fab in the USA by Late 2023 by shard on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @08:31PM (#26097180)
Intel does not run at Korean speed.

Samsung's Pyeongtaek Line 3 fab broke ground in 09/2020, construction expected to be complete by 2H/2021, mass production by 2023. This is not an unreasonable speed for Samsung.

Of course, the slower rate of work by American construction companies could slow this down.

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Re:Samsung Foundry: New $17B Fab in the USA by Late 2023 by avs733 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:05PM (#26097403)
I would bet money on this one. No first complete wafers in 2023.
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