SK hynix speed up the M14 plant

SK Hynix aiming at 3 d NAND Flash market, lichuan M14 factory, located in the south Korean gyeonggi province is speeding up the design work in the clean room on the second floor, is expected to be completed in 2016 third quarter equipment relocation, officially go into mass production.

According to local media reports inews24, industry news SK hynix in early December launch lichuan M14 factory of 2nd floor clean room design assignments, to immediately after completion of construction equipment relocation.Usually after the clean room project, from the device into a complete production system construction of at least 6 months, so calculate M14 fastest factory in 2016 third quarter can be formal production 3 d NAND Flash.

Industry insiders said, at present the M14 factory production 20 nanometers DRAM, on the first floor and second floor will be in after the completion of the clean room equipment, and gradually began to produce 36 and 48 layer 3 d NAND Flash.The second generation of layer 3 d 36 NAND Flash products will be done at the end of December, plan at the beginning of 2016 in M11 Han Guoqing states, M12 factory production.

SK hynix confirmed in the third quarter earnings call, market acceptance of the third generation of 3 d NAND Flash speed very fast, so analysis must be expansion, considering on the second floor M14 factory set up the production line.

In October 2015, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electronics) became the first production of 3 d NAND Flash, while rival Toshiba (Toshiba) and Micron (Micron) will also be mass production in 2016, to make war more intense.

It is worth mentioning that the mainland companies indirectly acquired new emperor (SanDisk), is equal to the declared across the full 3 d NAND Flash market.Intel (Intel) is also in 2016, production of 3 d NAND Flash as the goal, dalian is located in the mainland factory production line being converted.3 d NAND threat of war, SK hynix thus stimulated, began to accelerate for mass production.

Analysts said the SK hynix has manufacturing DRAM top technology and competitiveness, but in the field of NAND Flash for share technology and city competition is intense, ranked came next.See the mainland companies with Intel successively into war, stimulate the SK hynix has to secure competitiveness.

SK hynix besides M14 below the factory, all the production line is full capacity.And market experts think, SK hynix in order to develop new growth momentum 3 d NAND Flash, there will be more violent offensive play investment plans.

according to DRAMeXchange for market data to SK hynix revenue as a benchmark, 3 accounts for NAND Flash, at a rate of 10.9%, ranked fifth.First samsung at 31.5%, followed by 20.5% for Toshiba, 15.4% of the new emperor, meguiar's 13.8%.