SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that a monthlong shutdown at its U.S. semiconductor plant cost it more than 300 billion won (US$270 million) in losses, although the facility is now fully normalized. “There was a wafer production disruption due to the stopping and recovering of the fab,” Han Seung-hoon, [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s chip production at its U.S. plant is approaching normal levels, an official from the company said Tuesday, following a monthlong shutdown caused by a power outage in the region. “Our plant in Austin, Texas, has entered the normal stage of production from last week,” a Samsung [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is likely to suffer a prolonged shutdown of its chip plant in the United States following a power outage, industry insiders said Wednesday, amid growing speculation that it is pushing to expand its semiconductor facility there. Samsung and other chipmakers in Texas are expected to need [...]