Elon Musk said on Monday that technology company Samsung Electronics would provide its company Tesla with the next generation AI6 chips.
The announcement was made after a statement by South Korean company Samsung in which it announced a US $ 16.5 billion deal.
Samsung said on Monday that it had signed an eight -year contract. However, he did not name the customer in his regulatory filing, just saying that it was a ‘major global company’.
The partnership has been effective from Thursday and will continue by the end of 2033.
Musk wrote on X, ‘Samsung’s new Texas Plant Tesla’s next generation will be specific for the preparation of the AI6 silence. Its strategic importance cannot be understood. ,
“Samsung has allowed Tesla to help improve manufacturing performance, which was an important point of the deal,” he said.
“I will personally go to the factory line to accelerate development,” Musk said.
He also said that Samsung’s Texas plant ‘is not far from my house, which makes it easier.’
On April 8, 2025, a person passes through a billboard with Samsung Electronics logo at Bak Ninnando (AFP) in Vietnam (AFP)
The deal is about 7.6 % of Samsung’s annual sales which is expected to 2024.
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Although Musk has declared Tesla as a customer, Samsung refused to confirm it, citing privacy.
The deal can be a major advantage for Samsung as the company is facing difficulties in the field of its foundry (chip -making contracting system) and the race is behind SK Hynex and TSMC of Taiwan, where modern artificial intelligence chips are running.
Samsung Electronics is a major company in South Korea’s largest family group ‘Samsung Group’, dominating Asia’s fourth largest economy.
This month, Samsung said that it hoped that its operational profit compared to the previous year would be 56 % and 31 % compared to the previous quarter, which is due to its semi -conductor sector.
Experts say that the main reason for this decline is weakness in foundry activities, in which the company manufactures chips designed by other companies under contract.
