SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced it will invest $17 billion to build new foundry chip production lines in the U.S. state of Texas, as President Joe Biden pushes to bring more semiconductor manufacturing onshore.
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Samsung's existing facility in Texas. The company plans to build an additional factory in the U.S. state as Washington presses for more chipmakers to bring capacity onshore. (Photo courtesy of Samsung)
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced it will invest $17 billion to build new foundry chip production lines in the U.S. state of Texas, as President Joe Biden pushes to bring more semiconductor manufacturing onshore.