Samsung is using the $4.745 billion in funding to support three fabs in Taylor and the expansion of the company's Austin facility.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it was finalizing an award of up to $4.745 billion to South Korea's Samsung Electronics and up to $1.61 billion for Texas Instruments to expand chips production.

The US Commerce Department has announced that it was finalizing an award of up to $4.745 billion dollars to Samsung Electronics to boost chip production. Notably, earlier in April this year, Samsung already secured a massive grant worth $6.