Samsung expands Texas chip plant in investment race with TSMC

South Korean company angles for top spot amid US-China tech war

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Samsung seeks to win chip manufacturing orders from big U.S. tech companies. (Photo courtesy of Samsung)

KOTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics will expand its semiconductor factory in Texas to make room for next-generation manufacturing equipment as it seeks to wrestle the title of the world's biggest contract chipmaker away from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

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