Austin still in the running for $17B Samsung chip-making facility KVUE News Staff Replay Video Samsung is still considering the Austin area for a massive $17 billion chip-making plant. While February's winter storm has delayed the process, officials with the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce told the Austin Business Journal the company has identified sites for the facility and Austin is still in the running. Travis County commissioners are now trying to work out an incentives deal requiring Samsung to invest in Central Texas. As of April 12, the Journal reports Travis County has not received an application from "Silicon Silver," a guise Samsung is reportedly acting under.