Samsung's chip manufacturing plant (more precisely, its foundry division Samsung Foundry) in Texas suffered a widespread power outage in February due to heavy snowfall, forcing the company to temporarily halt chip production and close the plant. The forced shutdown of the Korean technology giant came to 270-360 million dollars (roughly 5,8-7,7 billion crowns).
Samsung mentioned this amount during the presentation of financial results for the first quarter of this year. A major snowstorm and freezing wave caused statewide power outages and water cuts in Texas, and other companies were forced to halt chip production and close factories. It was the first time in Samsung's history that it had to stop chip production for a month. Samsung's factory in Austin, the capital of Texas, which is also known as Line S2, produces image sensors, radio frequency integrated circuits or SSD disk controllers, among other things. The company uses 14nm–65nm processes to manufacture them. In order to avoid such outages in the future, Samsung is now looking for a solution with the local authorities. The factory reached 90% production capacity at the end of March and is now operating at full capacity.
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