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March 14 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday that the company's Terafab project to make artificial intelligence chips will launch in seven days.
Musk had said last year that Tesla probably will have to build "a gigantic chip fab" to make artificial intelligence chips.
Tesla is designing its fifth-generation AI chip to power its autonomous ambitions, and Musk at the company's annual meeting last year laid out potential manufacturing plans.
Musk had said at the time that the EV maker could work with Intel and said, "You know, maybe we'll, we'll do something with Intel. We haven't signed any deal, but it's probably worth having discussions with Intel," he had said.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a Reuters request seeking more details about the project.
Musk has teased the AI5 chip before and reiterated that Tesla was also partnering with Taiwan's TSMC and South Korea's Samsung. The AI chips power Tesla's autonomous driving systems, including the Full Self-Driving software.
"Even when we extrapolate the best-case scenario for chip production from our suppliers, it's still not enough," Musk said last year, at Tesla's AGM.
"So I think we may have to do a Tesla terafab. It's like giga but way bigger. I can't see any other way to get to the volume of chips that we're looking for. So I think we're probably going to have to build a gigantic chip fab. It's got to be done," he said.
"Even when we extrapolate the best-case scenario for chip production from our suppliers, it's still not enough," Musk said last year, at Tesla's AGM.
"So I think we may have to do a Tesla terafab. It's like giga but way bigger. I can't see any other way to get to the volume of chips that we're looking for. So I think we're probably going to have to build a gigantic chip fab. It's got to be done," he said.
"Even when we extrapolate the best-case scenario for chip production from our suppliers, it's still not enough," Musk said last year, at Tesla's AGM. "So I think we may have to do a Tesla terafab. It's like giga but way bigger. I can't see any other way to get to the volume of chips that we're looking for. So I think we're probably going to have to build a gigantic chip fab. It's got to be done," he said.
As much as I admire Musk he is not always right. Hopefully he partners with Intel on this to keep manufacturing in the US.
I wonder if Pat G ever tried to approach Musk for chip business. I feel like they both have some traits in common.. Hubris, for example.. (and a love of engineering).
"Even when we extrapolate the best-case scenario for chip production from our suppliers, it's still not enough," Musk said last year, at Tesla's AGM. "So I think we may have to do a Tesla terafab. It's like giga but way bigger. I can't see any other way to get to the volume of chips that we're looking for. So I think we're probably going to have to build a gigantic chip fab. It's got to be done," he said.
As much as I admire Musk he is not always right. Hopefully he partners with Intel on this to keep manufacturing in the US.
No matter where the fabs are or who Musk partners with, where are the EUV machines going to come from? Doesn't ASML's backlog already stretch into 2028 or beyond? Also, how would this "partnership" work? Who owns the fab, Tesla, or the partner, or shared? (TSMC, Samsung, Intel, or Rapidus?) Who runs the fab? (Tesla? That's not serious.) Does Musk get a voice in day-to-day issues? Does Musk get to sleep on the production floor? If the fab is in the US or Taiwan, where will the workers come from for a terafab? Construction or otherwise? Inquiring minds are... curious.
If the fab is in the US or Taiwan, where will the workers come from for a terafab? Construction or otherwise? Inquiring minds are... curious.