Samsung Austin S2

Samsung Foundry - Austin, Texas - 14nm-65nm (main lines 14nm and 11nm) - Operational

Capacity is the 2011 ramp target of 40K wafer starts a month; current figure not disclosed. TrendForce put S2 at nearly 5% of world 300mm foundry capacity (2021).

Capacity of Samsung Austin S2 against the largest mature logic fabs in the SemiconductorX dataset, in thousand wafer starts a month MATURE LOGIC FABS, THOUSAND WAFERS A MONTH SMIC Lingang 100 TSMC Fab 14 100 TSMC Fab 12 90 Hua Hong Fab 7 80 Hua Hong Fab 9 80 UMC Fab 12A 80 Intel Fab 32/42 70 SMIC Shanghai Fab 70 GlobalFoundries Dresden Fab 1 65 GlobalFoundries Malta/Fab 8 60 GlobalFoundries Singapore Fab 7 60 TSMC JASM 55 INDIGO: US FABS. CAPACITY IS THE DATASET ESTIMATE; MOST OPERATORS DO NOT DISCLOSE IT.
Operator
Samsung Foundry
Node
14nm-65nm (main lines 14nm and 11nm)
Wafer
300mm
Capacity
40K wafers a month
Opened
2011
US status
Made in US

Fab record

Fab Record

Every field of the FAB217 row in the SemiconductorX fab dataset.

Fab record FAB217
GroupFieldValue
IdentityFab IDFAB217
NameSamsung Austin S2
OperatorSamsung Foundry
Parent companySamsung
LocationCityAustin
State or regionTexas
CountryUSA
Region groupUS Domestic
Supply-chain riskLow
ProcessFab typeLogic
CategoryMature
Process node14nm-65nm (main lines 14nm and 11nm)
Wafer size300mm
Products5G RF ICs, Samsung System LSI parts, automotive chips
CustomersQualcomm, Tesla, Renesas, Samsung System LSI
StatusStatusOperational
Year opened or due2011
Capacity40 thousand wafer starts a month
US statusMade in US
SourcesSourceSamsung (Dec 2011); TrendForce (Feb 2021)
Source linkLink
AustinIO pageNone
Last verified2026-10

Same operator

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Same type, in the US

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Record

Dataset Record

Dataset
SemiconductorX fab dataset (fabs2026), row FAB217
Sources
Samsung (Dec 2011); TrendForce (Feb 2021)
Last verified
2026-10