News SK hynix reportedly planning for a $4 billion chip packaging facility in Indiana — for HBM and other exotic memory types

[Admin]

SK hynix plans to build a $4 billion chip packaging facility in Indiana, which could begin operations in 2029, according to a WSJ report. If the plant gets the green light, likely with tax incentives, it would focus on advanced packaging like that used for HBM3e and future HBM solutions.

SK hynix reportedly planning for a $4 billion chip packaging facility in Indiana — for HBM and other exotic memory types : Read more

 

[cyrusfox]

The land is cheap enough out in the midwest, but why Indiana? And why a US based packaging facility[Especially for a memory maker]? Perhaps Chips act money is helping making this a economically feasible, and Intel has New Mexico for packaging.

I would think the cost of shipping + labor offset by memory margins is a pretty challenging financial prospect. Are they going to be packaging Nvidia AI chips together with their HBM chips? Maybe there is a big enough premium for that to work.

 

[thestryker]

It certainly makes sense to be expanding advanced packaging and SK Hynix has fabs in NA so it's probably actually dropping some shipping. This is the same reason Intel and others are building advanced packaging facilities in NA.

 

[Xenogeist]

The land is cheap enough out in the midwest, but why Indiana? And why a US based packaging facility[Especially for a memory maker]? Perhaps Chips act money is helping making this a economically feasible, and Intel has New Mexico for packaging.

I would think the cost of shipping + labor offset by memory margins is a pretty challenging financial prospect. Are they going to be packaging Nvidia AI chips together with their HBM chips? Maybe there is a big enough premium for that to work.

I'm guessing the Samsung/Stellantis battery plant going up in Kokomo, IN and the Samsung/LG/GM plant being built near South Bend, IN as well as having a large city like Chicago nearby would make northwest Indiana fairly attractive to Korean companies.

 

[Joseph_138]

I think countries within China's sphere of influence, need to start considering moving their high tech industries abroad, to prevent them from being captured by the Chinese. Not having those industies located in their own countries, makes those countries less atractive to China as takeover targets.