According to foreign media reports, Samsung Electronics said on Monday that as the industry is in a prosperous stage, demand, is considering expanding its manufacturing base in China's memory chip capacity.

Samsung spokesman said it is considering expanding production capacity in Xi'an, but the specific details (including the possible size of the investment and the new capacity will be used to produce what products) has not yet determined. You may interested on: ECJ-3YB1C475M and XC4010XL-2TQ144I

Samsung Electronics is the world's largest memory chip maker, has invested $ 7 billion in Xi'an factory to produce 3D NAND memory chips. This chip is used for high-end data storage products on electronic devices such as smartphones, personal computers and data servers.

Industry executives and analysts say 3D NAND suppliers may be struggling to meet customer orders throughout the year. Samsung and its peers have increased their 3D NAND investment accordingly.

Foreign media said it expects Samsung and other memory chip companies to record record revenues and profits in 2017.

In the first quarter of this year, sales of Samsung chips and semiconductors were 15.66 trillion won, up 40.4 percent from 11.15 trillion won in the same period last year; operating profit was 6.31 trillion won, up from 139.6 % billion won in the same period last year. If you want to learn more information about electronic components and parts,please go to omoelec.com.