Asia chip capacity race

Where things stand

SK Hynix says it will put $38 billion into expanding its chip production in South Korea. Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, which reported the plan, give no timeline for the build-out.

This topic tracks the build-out of semiconductor manufacturing capacity in Asia, where chipmakers commit multibillion-dollar sums to new and expanded plants. South Korea's SK Hynix, a memory chip manufacturer, is one of the companies driving that expansion at home.