Hynix completes $3.5bn EUV DRAM fab

Hynix has completed its $3.5 billion M16 EUV DRAM fab – the company’s largest and the first to use EUV.

Hynix completes $3.5bn EUV DRAM fab

“I was worried when we decided to build M16 two years ago as the overall semiconductor memory was amid downturn back then,” said Hynixx chairman Chey Tae-won at the opening ceremony, “however, as the industry anticipates positive market condition upcoming it seems that our bold decision of the past will lead us to the better future.’

Hynix intends to start producing its fourth-generation of 10nm DRAM products, known as 1a-nm DRAM in H2.


“M16 is a complex manufacturing plant where cutting-edge infrastructures such as dedicated space for EUV equipment and advanced pollution reduction facilities are concentrated,” said Hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee. “It will become a production plant of a higher level that contributes to the ESG management as well as creating economic value.”


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