Samsung making efforts to restart its Austin chip plant as soon as possible Samsung had to shut down its semiconductor chip plant in Austin, Texas, due to a state-wide power shortage. Now, the company is making all the efforts it can to restart the plant as soon as possible. The South Korean firm has already planned to send engineers from South Korea to its Austin plant to restart the chip production. The company has confirmed that it is sending its engineers along with engineers from its partners to Austin so that the plant can be restarted quickly when it is possible. Dozens of engineers are getting tested for COVID-19 in South Korea so that they don’t need to go through quarantine after reaching the US. The company staff can then head off straight to the chip plant in Austin.