Samsung Taylor fab enters production phase for Tesla's AI5 chip
Samsung Electronics has completed designing its version of Tesla’s AI5 chip for self-driving systems, with production set to begin soon at its foundry fab in Taylor, Texas, according to industry officials on Monday. James Kim, a principal engineer at Samsung Foundry, wrote on LinkedIn that “the Tesla-Samsung AI5 chip has reached tape-out” and it is “scheduled to be manufactured at the Taylor fab using our latest 2nm (nanometer) process and will soon be integrated into Tesla's newest products.” He deleted the post after news reports. Tape-out marks the completion of a chip's design process, meaning the design has been finalized and handed over for manufacturing. After passing the prevalidation stage, the taped-out design is used to produce photomasks and undergo wafer fabrication to create engineering samples, which then go through the qualification process with customers before entering mass production. In April, Elon Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Tesla’s AI5 team has taped out the chip’s design to Samsung Electronics and TSMC for foundry manufacturing. Musk said
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