Tesla signs $16.5bn chip deal with Samsung
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the U.S. automaker had signed a $16.5 billion deal to source chips from Samsung Electronics, a move expected to bolster the South Korean tech giant’s loss-making contract manufacturing business.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that Samsung will supply the Austin automaker's next-generation chips in a $16.5 billion deal at Samsung's Texas facility . "Samsung's giant new Texas fab will be dedicated to making Tesla's next-generation AI6 chip," Musk said in a post on X. "The strategic importance of this is hard to overstate."