- Tesla signs an chips agreement of $ 16.5 billion with Samsung for the production of AI6 AI
- The new chip will feed Tesla robots, self -employed cars and cloud data centers
- Texas Fab de Samsung will manufacture the Tesla chips, which are described as a flexible platform
Tesla has signed an agreement of $ 16.5 billion with Samsung to manufacture its next AI6 chip, which will be used in a wide range of AI -based applications.
The agreement, which was revealed in a regulatory presentation of South Korea and then confirmed by Elon Musk, will extend from now to 2033.
As CNBC Reports, Samsung initially declined to appoint the counterpart, citing a confidentiality request, but Musk then took Tesla as the client, stating that the next Texas manufacturing plant of Samsung would focus on building the Tesla ai6 hardware.
Robots, vehicles and data centers
Musk said that Tesla would be involved in rationalizing the manufacturing process and that he personally planned to supervise progress in the plant.
The AI6 chip is designed to feed a variety of systems, including humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles and AI data centers.
Follow the AI4 chip, currently in use, and AI5, which recently completed the design and is planned for TSMC production using a 3NM process.
In the recent gain call of the second quarter of Tesla 2025, the company pointed out, without giving a reason, that AI5 hardware would be delayed a full year, with a production now expected at the end of 2026.
Tesla described the AI6 chip as a flexible platform that could climb for robotic applications and for large -scale inference work loads.
The company also said that it could improve inference performance in current hardware in almost 10 times. AS CNBC Observed, this occurs in the midst of the speculation that Tesla may be reaching the limits of its current AI4 architecture.
The former Tesla Architect Chip Jim Keller, also known for his work in Chips in Apple, AMD and Intel, has previously stated that Tesla would probably need a performance leap from 5 to 10x on AI4 to achieve complete self -complacing capabilities.
Samsung’s participation in the AI6 marks a strategic victory for its foundry business, which is currently behind TSMC in market share.
The company is investing strongly in the production of 2nm to ensure future reckless recks of AI.
