Lee calls Samsung, SK chiefs 'national heroes' in W900tr chip push

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• ·Four new southwest memory fabs, HBM packaging hubs aim to double Korea's DRAM capacity, cement AI-era leadership South Korea is betting nearly 900 trillion won ($583 billion) that the artificial intelligence boom will create enough demand for memory chips to justify building an entirely new semiconductor production belt outside the Seoul metropolitan area.
• ·At Monday's presidential public briefing on the government's three megaprojects, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won unveiled investment plans totaling 881 trillion won, including four memory fabs in the southwest and advanced packaging facilities in North and South Chungcheong provinces.
• ·"Companies pursue profit, but they have also shown they can act for the future of the nation," President Lee Jae Myung said, bowing deeply to the two business leaders.
• ·"I would like to call these two men national heroes." The semiconductor initiative aims to double Korea's DRAM production capacity within five years while linking the country's AI-era industrial strategy with Lee's regional development agenda.
• ·To execute the plan, the government unveiled a "3S+1F" strategy centered on speed, stronghold and spearhead, backed by a full-support system involving central and local governments, chipmakers, suppliers and universities.