Tesla has signed a $16.5 billion deal to get its next-generation chips from Samsung.
“Samsung’s big new Texas fab will probably be devoted to creating Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chip,” Elon Musk posted on X late Sunday night. “The strategic significance of that is exhausting to overstate.”
Tesla’s AI6 (AKA {Hardware} 6) chip is the corporate’s guess on an all-in-one chip design that may scale from powering its driver help system referred to as Full Self-Driving (Supervised) to Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots, all the best way to high-performance AI coaching in knowledge facilities.
Musk famous Tesla is working with TSMC to make AI5 chips, which simply completed the design. The A15, a technology that’s primarily constructed for FSD. will initially be made in TSMC’s Taiwan manufacturing unit after which at its Arizona facility. Samsung already makes the A14 chip, in line with Musk.
The deal is a lift for Samsung, which struggled to get its chip-making mission off the bottom after failing to draw and retain main shoppers. Musk stated in one other submit that Tesla could find yourself spending greater than $16.5 billion on Samsung chips.
“Precise output is more likely to be a number of instances larger,” he stated.
In a later submit, Musk stated Samsung agreed to permit Tesla to help in maximizing manufacturing effectivity.
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“This can be a vital level, as I’ll stroll the road personally to speed up the tempo of progress. And the fab is conveniently positioned not removed from my home,” Musk wrote.