SK Hynix begins equipment procurement for Yongin Y1 wafer fab, plans to build pilot line in February next year

Odaily reports that SK Hynix has begun procuring advanced DRAM manufacturing equipment for its Y1 wafer fab in Yongin, South Korea, with an initial planned capacity of approximately 20,000 wafers per month. SK Hynix plans to bring forward the activation date for Y1 Ph1 from the originally scheduled May next year to February next year. It will commence construction of the pilot production line in February and move forward with large-scale equipment installation from March to April. The wafer fab aims to produce sixth-generation 10nm-class 1c DRAM, which will be used in AI server-related DDR and LPDDR products, and is also planned for application in next-generation HBM4E. (ZDNET Korea)