SK Hynix Reportedly Ties US NAND Factory to China Equipment Exports
SK Hynix's Solidigm is said to be seeking US approval to ship more chipmaking tools to its China facility in exchange for building a NAND fab in America.
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SK Hynix is reportedly linking a potential new memory chip factory in the United States to its ability to send more manufacturing equipment to its operations in China, according to reporting from TechCrunch and Tom's Hardware, which cited Reuters.
The South Korean company's subsidiary Solidigm is said to be weighing construction of a new 3D NAND flash memory plant in the US. Reports of that plan surfaced last month and were considered notable because no company has produced NAND flash memory in America for years, according to Tom's Hardware.
The investment now appears tied to a request for Washington to authorize additional shipments of semiconductor manufacturing equipment to Solidigm's facility in Dalian, China, in return for the commitment to build the US fab.
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