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The Samsung factory in Texas will provide the chips that will equip future Tesla models. Similarly, after a next generation made by TSMC and which should allow progress on autonomous driving.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed this Monday. Therefore, July 28, that the Texan factory of Samsung Electronics will provide fleas to his company, after the Korean company announcement of an agreement of $ 16.5 billion.
“The new giant Samsung factory in Texas will be dedicated to the manufacture of the new generation of. However, Tesla AI6 chip. For example, The strategic importance of this decision is undeniable. Moreover, ” he wrote on social network X, of which he is also the owner.
Samsung had announced earlier that he had concluded an eight -year agreement. without naming the customer, describing it only as a “large global company”, in a regulatory document.
An agreement until elon musk confirms agreement $ the end of 2033
As part of this $ 16.5 billion agreement (just over 14 billion euros). the partnership, which took effect on July 24, with a production which must start in 2026, will continue until the end of 2033.
“I will personally commit myself to accelerating the pace of progress. And the factory is ideally located, not far from my home,” said Elon Musk in a second publication.
The South Korean giant had announced at the beginning of the month to expect a fall of 56% over a year of its operating profit in the second quarter. due to the export to China of advanced components imposed by the United States.
Despite more than a year of efforts to make up for the gap with its South Korean rival of electronic chips. SK Hynix, Samsung has encountered difficulties in providing large volumes of large-band memories (HBM), necessary for artificial intelligence (IA).
Samsung elon musk confirms agreement $ has thus turned more towards the Chinese market. but it is now under pressure after Washington has imposed restrictions on this sector, which prevent US companies from exporting their fleas.
Two generations of Tesla “hardware” to come
As the Electrek specialized media summarizes. Tesla has therefore already planned the next two generations of its computer which manages the autonomous driving functions.
The current generation known as “HW4” (for “Hardware 4”). already provided by Samsung, would not allow you to go further in the assisted driving functions, especially to go to 100% autonomous driving. However. it is a promise of Tesla since 2016, with a “100% autonomous driving capacity” option offered for the purchase of a vehicle.
“The next updates will allow your vehicle to get almost anywhere independently. with minimum intervention on the part of the driver (depending on development and regulatory approval),” notes the explanatory text of this option invoiced 1,500 elon musk confirms agreement $ euros currently on the configurator of the American brand.
In France. the repression of fraud recently described this promise as “misleading commercial practice”, asking Tesla to “bring himself into compliance within 4 months”, noted the statement issued at the end of June.
Progress is therefore also expected with the next generation of chips. the “HW5”, or “AI5” according to the new name chosen by Tesla to highlight the use of artificial intelligence (“AI” for the acronym in English), underlines Electrek.
A generation of “HW5 / AI5” fleas which will be provided by the Taiwanese giant of semiconductors. TSMC, with a production in Taiwan, then in Arizona. And it is therefore Samsung. with the agreement which has just been signed, which will take control with the “HW6 / AI6”.
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