The project will focus on advanced manufacturing, packaging, and research. Samsung’s new plants in Taylor, Texas, will produce the most advanced chips in the world. Additionally, the initiative will expand Samsung’s facilities to support the aerospace, defense and automotive industries.
The move comes as Samsung overtakes Apple as the world’s top smartphone seller, a change driven by Apple’s declining sales in China and competition from other phone companies like Huawei.
President Joe Biden described this initiative as a response to supply chain vulnerabilities, noting concerns from lawmakers about the U.S.’ reliance on chips made in Taiwan, given China’s territorial claims on the island and its threat to force reunification.
“This announcement will unleash over $40 billion in investment from Samsung, and cement central Texas’s role as a state-of-the-art semiconductor ecosystem,” Biden said. “It will create at least 21,500 jobs and leverage up to $40 million in CHIPS funding to train and develop the local workforce.”
“The chips that Samsung will be making in Texas are important components to our most advanced technologies, from artificial intelligence to high-performance computing and 5G communications,” Raimondo said.
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