In time with the release of its vice chairman from jail,... Samsung Electronics may be speeding things up a little.<br /> The Korean tech giant is pushing to build a second chip-production line in Pyeongtaek,... as it anticipates rising demand for semiconductors,... after a year of positive earnings thanks -- in large part -- to its record-breaking chip business.<br />Though no specific size or timing of investment has been decided yet,... the matter could be brought up at a meeting scheduled for this morning.<br /> If confirmed,... it will be Samsung's first major investment since Lee Jae-yong won early release from prison after appealing his sentence over a bribery scandal linked to the ousted former president.<br />Samsung started mass production at its new semiconductor fabrication line in Pyeongtaek last July,... and was initially focused on producing the company's fourth-generation V-NAND chip product. <br />
