U.S. semiconductor company Intel is joining the artificial intelligence (AI) chip production project being promoted by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. A tectonic shift is anticipated in Tesla’s AI chip supply chain, which is currently centered on Samsung Electronics and Taiwan’s TSMC.
On the 7th (local time), Intel announced via its official X (formerly Twitter) account that it “will participate in the ‘Terafab’ project together with SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla to rebuild silicon fab (semiconductor plant) technology.” Terafab is an ultra-large semiconductor production base being pushed forward in the United States under the leadership of CEO Musk. It targets the AI, robotics, and space data center industries. Intel stressed that “Intel’s capabilities to design, manufacture, and package ultra high-performance chips at scale will significantly accelerate Terafab’s goal of achieving annual production of 1 TW (terawatt) of computing power.”
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger also stated on his personal X account that “Elon has a proven track record of reimagining entire industries, and that is what is needed in semiconductor manufacturing today,” adding, “Terafab will bring major changes to how silicon logic, memory, and packaging are manufactured in the future.”
CEO Musk had already announced the Terafab construction plan at Tesla’s shareholders’ meeting in November last year, saying that “the United States needs to secure more semiconductor production capacity.”
Park Hyeon-ik
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