- Tesla signs $ 16.5 billion in accordance with Samsung for the production of ai ai chips
- The new chip will feed Tesla robots, autonomous cars and cloud data centers
- The Samsung Texas Fab will manufacture Tesla chips, which are described as a flexible platform
Tesla has concluded an agreement of $ 16.5 billion with Samsung to make its next AI6 chip, which will be used in a wide range of AI applications.
The agreement, which was disclosed in a South Korean regulatory file and later confirmed by Elon Musk, will take place from now until the end of 2033.
As CNBC According to Samsung, Samsung first refused to appoint the counterpart, quoting a confidentiality request, but Musk then released Tesla as a customer, indicating that the next Samsung Texas manufacturing plant is focused on creating Ai6 de Tesla equipment.
Robots, vehicles and data centers
Musk said Tesla would be involved in rationalizing the manufacturing process and that he personally planned to oversee the progress of the factory.
The AI6 chip is designed to supply a range of systems, including humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles and AI data centers.
It follows the AI4 chip, currently used, and AI5, which recently completed the design and is planned for production by TSMC using a 3 nm process.
When Tesla’s results in the second quarter of Tesla 2025, the company noted, without giving reason, that the equipment AI5 would be delayed by a full year, the production now expected at the end of 2026.
Tesla has described the AI6 chip as a flexible platform that could reduce robotic applications and in place for large-scale workloads.
The company also said that it could improve the performance of inference on current equipment of almost 10 times. AS CNBC Noted, it has just speculated that Tesla can reach the limits of its current AI4 architecture.
Former architect Tesla Chip Jim Keller, also known for his work on Chips at Apple, AMD and Intel, previously said that Tesla would probably need a performance jump of 5 to 10x over AI4 to obtain complete autonomous capacities.
The involvement of Samsung in the AI6 marks a strategic victory for its foundry company, which is currently behind TSMC in market share.
The company invests massively in the production of 2 nm to guarantee future orders of AI fleas.
