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Samsung, Pyeongtaek
Pyeongtaek, South Korea36.99°N 127.11°E
computed criticality19/100
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World's largest memory campus; ≈17% of HBM (Q2 2025)
2025Fault line
The world's largest semiconductor site concentrates a major share of Samsung's DRAM and NAND. Left behind on HBM after the failed HBM3E qualifications at Nvidia, Samsung remains the only spare capacity at scale should SK Hynix stumble, a redundancy that exists only 70 km away, under the same Korean geopolitical umbrella.
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Samsung Electronics (Pyeongtaek / Hwaseong)
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Semiconductor-grade neon, UkraineSilicon · Link↗Photoresists, JapanSilicon · Link↗ASML, VeldhovenSilicon · Critical anchor↗BESI, DuivenHBM Memory · Critical anchor↗Advantest, TokyoHBM Memory · Critical anchor↗Feeds 2
Nvidia, Santa ClaraCompute↗CoWoS advanced packaging, TSMC TainanCompute↗Shocks endured
The invasion of Ukraine cuts off laser neonFeb 24, 2022↗Sources