US EditionSpaceX targets in-house GPUs as it warns investors of chip supply, costs
SpaceX says chip supply could limit growth as it adds manufacturing our own GPUs to planned capital spending, with timing and chip types still unclear.
- Ahead of a planned $1.75 trillion IPO, SpaceX warned prospective investors in its S-1 filing that "manufacturing our own GPUs" represents a substantial capital expenditure tied to its Terafab project, which faces chip supply constraints.
- SpaceX revealed it lacks long-term contracts with many direct chip suppliers, stating "We do not have long-term contracts with many of our direct chip suppliers." This uncertainty prompted the Austin, Texas facility investment.
- "Manufacturing GPUs is not easy," SpaceX stated, noting that industry leader Nvidia outsources production to Taiwan's TSMC, which has spent years developing advanced processes requiring atomic precision.
- CEO Elon Musk told Tesla analysts on Wednesday that Intel's next-generation 14A manufacturing process "will be probably fairly mature or ready for prime time" by the time Terafab scales up.
- SpaceX cautioned that "there can be no assurance that we will be able to achieve our objectives with respect to TERAFAB within the expected timeframes, or at all," as it remains dependent on third-party hardware.
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SpaceX eyes building its own GPUs as AI plans expand
SpaceX has told investors that its AI push may force it into one of the hardest parts of tech: making GPUs. In excerpts from the company’s S-1 registration, SpaceX listed “manufacturing our own GPUs” among the “substantial capital expenditures” behind its work on AI and other technologies. The filing comes ahead of a summer IPO expected to value SpaceX at about $1.75 trillion. An S-1 is the document companies file with the U.S. Securities and Ex…
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