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Elon Musk wants foundry partners to build astounding '100 – 200 billion AI chips' per year — Musk says chipmaking industry can't deliver on his goals

(Image credit: xAI on Twitter/X) It's no secret that Elon Musk has tremendous ambitions when it comes to artificial intelligence, but apparently, they are so tremendous that he wants to get more AI processors than the industry produces, or even can produce. As it turns out, Tesla might need '100 – 200 billion AI chips per year' and if it cannot get them from existing foundry partners, then the company will consider building its own fabs, which …

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Elon Musk wants foundry partners to build astounding '100 – 200 billion AI chips' per year — Musk says chipmaking industry can't deliver on his goals

Elon Musk claims Tesla may need 100 – 200 billion AI chips per year, a volume far beyond what TSMC and Samsung can supply, which is why he is considering building Tesla's own fab, as he believes existing foundries cannot scale fast enough for him.

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