Elon Musk Will Actually Have His Own Office at Samsung’s U.S. Chip Facility, Indicating Tesla’s Ambitions to Make Chipmaking a Priority

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In July, Samsung signed a deal with Tesla to make the car maker’s next-generation chip, AI6, for its future electric vehicles. Later, the American firm gave the South Korean tech giant the contract to manufacture its current-generation chip, AI5, as well. Before signing these two deals, Samsung was already making Tesla’s previous-generation chip, AI4, for its electric vehicles. With so many deals in place between the two companies, Samsung’s Ex…

Elon Musk Will Actually Have His Own Office at Samsung’s U.S. Chip Facility, Indicating Tesla’s Ambitions to Make Chipmaking a Priority

Elon has taken chipmaking ambitions a lot more seriously, as Tesla's preferred foundry partner, Samsung, will now set up an office for the billionaire in its Taylor fab. Elon Musk Would Now Directly Oversee Taylor Fab Operations Around Tesla's Custom Silicon We do know that Tesla has been pursuing volume production of its custom silicon, and the company has now included both Samsung and TSMC in its supply chain, with indications that it may also…

Exclusive: Samsung chief meets with Elon Musk in Texas months after major chip deal

Samsung Electronics' Lee Jae-yong met with Elon Musk and toured the Tesla semiconductor plant in Texas, signaling the two tech giants' possible cooperation in the future as competition intensifies in the advanced chipmaking industry.