Tesla Says Newest AI Chip Will Be Made in US by Samsung and TSMC

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors on the company’s third-quarter earnings call that the in-house AI5 chip will be produced in the United States at facilities run by South Korea’s Samsung and Taiwan’s TSMC. Musk said Tesla aims to overproduce the AI5 so any surplus chips could be deployed to the company’s data centers, and that Nvidia processors will continue to be used for training its AI models.  In July, Tesla signed a US$16.5 billion contract with Samsung to make next-generation AI chips, known as AI6, with Samsung’s new Texas fab playing a central role.

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00:00Elon Musk says Tesla's new AI chip will be made in the US at facilities owned by Taiwan's TSMC

00:07and South Korea's Samsung. In Tesla's third quarter earnings call, Musk said the goal is to

00:13overproduce the chips used in Tesla's electric vehicles with excess supply to be used in the

00:19company's data centers. While the chip, known as the A15, is an in-house design, Musk says chips

00:27made by Nvidia will still be used for training Tesla's AI models. In July, Musk revealed that

00:33Tesla signed a $16.5 billion US dollar deal with Samsung, which includes making its next

00:39generation chip, the A16, at Samsung facilities in Texas.

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