Imagine a world without smartphones, computers, televisions, or cars ... This is what could happen if the shortage of microchips were to worsen. Today, only a handful of global giants are capable of designing and manufacturing these increasingly sophisticated products. Journey to the heart of the reactor of our digital world.
Looking out the window of Air Force One, Donald Trump inquires about the gigantic cube of concrete and steel lying on the edge of the muddy waters of the Yellow Sea.
This complex as large as sixteen football fields, guarded by guards armed to the teeth like the neighboring US Air Force base, in Osan, from where the American president had taken off, hides the largest factory in semiconductors in the world.
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Here in Pyeongtaek, Samsung has spent $ 25 billion to expand its key chip production site.
It aims to further consolidate its position of strength on a key product of the world economy, and which makes the
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