Samsung Austin Semiconductor has announced the completion of its 300mm automated fab, S2.

Samsung Austin Semiconductor said it has successfully completed the establishment and ramp to volume production of the S2 plant, designed to manufacture devices utilizing Samsung's 45nm low-power logic process technology. Within only five months after the initial silicon wafer was produced, the line reached its targeted capacity of 40,000 wafer starts per month in October 2011.

After initiating clean room construction for S2 in August 2010, the company completed the qualification of the process in seven months and has ramped to a production capacity of 40,000 wafers per month in five months, since the first silicon wafer was produced last May.

Samsung Austin Semiconductor has grown to more than 2,400 employees in Austin. The company revealed it has invested more than US$9 billion in its Austin facilities.

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