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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASM will invest $100 million (about 120 billion won) in Dongtan, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do by 2025. It doubles the area of research and development (R&D) in Korea and triples the production space.

ASM is the world's No. 1 company in atomic deposition (ALD) equipment. The deposition process is a process in which a thin film is applied with various materials so that the semiconductor silicon disc (Wafer· wafer) has electrical properties. Atomic layer deposition equipment is a device that deposits atomic depth oxide film on wafers. ASM is the parent company of Dutch exposure equipment company ASML.

"Among the 15 countries that ASM has entered, Dongtan facilities that will be expanded this time will also focus on PEALD," ASM CEO Benjamin Low said at a press conference held at the Chosun Palace Gangnam Hotel in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul on the 23rd, a day before the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dongtan 2nd Manufacturing Research and Innovation Center.

 

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