Samsung (OTCPK:SSNLF) has delayed the mass manufacturing plans at its new chip facility in Taylor, Texas, Bloomberg information reported citing Seoul Financial Day by day.
Mass manufacturing on the upcoming $17B fab would begin in 2025, the newspaper reported, citing a speech by President Choi Siyoung of Samsung’s foundry enterprise at an occasion in San Francisco.
The South Korean tech large beforehand stated the manufacturing facility would start manufacturing within the second half of 2024 when it introduced the plan in 2021.
A spokesperson famous that Samsung can not affirm the mass manufacturing schedule proper now, the report added.
Samsung’s greater competitor Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) has additionally confronted delays in beginning its Arizona plant. TSM had beforehand pushed again the beginning of manufacturing from the plant being in-built Arizona to 2025, from 2024, partly as a consequence of inadequate quantity of expert employees.
Delays at these websites, would doubtlessly be a setback to U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to bolster chip manufacturing in America. Revisions to TSM’s and Samsung’s plans would imply their new amenities might come on-line after the U.S. presidential election subsequent 12 months, the report added.