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South Korea mulls creating 'KSMC' contract chipmaker to compete with TSMC, requires a $13.9 billion investment

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South Korean government mulls creating a government-funded chipmaker tentatively called Korea Semiconductor Manufacturing Company , KSMC .

KSMC aims to address structural weaknesses in the industry, such as an over-reliance on Samsung 's advanced nodes under 10nm amid the lack of mature process technologies.

Experts project that an investment of $13.9 billion in KSMC could result in economic gains of KRW 300 trillion ( $208.7 billion ) by 2045 .

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