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Posted on 10/14/2026 5:26:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The workforce at Samsung Electronics' Austin campus, the company's US foundry hub, has fallen by more than 30 percent as losses in its non-memory business continued to weigh on the existing production site.
In contrast, headcount at the Taylor campus -- where Samsung is preparing to produce chips on a 2-nanometer advanced process -- edged up slightly. The company is working toward launching the Taylor factory by the end of this year...
The report shows the Austin campus employed 3,342 workers last year, down 32 percent from 4,907 in 2024. The payroll shrank accordingly: total compensation at the Austin campus came to $359.26 million last year, a 31 percent drop from $519.66 million in 2024...
The Austin campus, where Samsung began investing in 1996, has served as the company's US foundry base. It started producing DRAM in 1998 and handled memory chip production before converting to a dedicated foundry facility in 2017. Its primary process today is the 14-nanometer FinFET node...
As construction nears completion, the number of construction workers on site has actually declined -- falling 25 percent from 8,868 in 2024 to 6,674 last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at biz.heraldcorp.com ...
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WTF?!
The issue is 14nm is REALLY old technology.
Probably from around 2008.
Unless you keep a foundry modern, customers go elsewhere.
When I see Texas, I think Texas.
When I see Austin, I think San Francisco.
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