Tesla signed an agreement with Samsung Foundry until 2033 for the production of AI6 chips to its cars. The approximate total contract is $ 16.5 billion. This was stated by the co -founder and general director of Tesla, Ilon Musk, writes Sammy Fans.

Samsung chips work as a peculiar brain for a car, explain the techanalics of the publication. Thanks to these microcircuits in Tesla, all the hardware associated with the technology of autonomous driving FSD - from neural network processors and memory to the drive.

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Samsung has already produced Microchips of the AI4 generation for electric vehicles, which have been made since 2023. With the next generation, AI5, the South Korean manufacturer had problems. According to Sammy Fans, Tesla made an order to competitors - TSMC.

In addition, in the second quarter of 2025, Samsung received half less operating profit than for the same period last year. The company also lost large customers who previously purchased chips: Nvidia and Qualcomm. The reason is weak technical characteristics and lower production productivity than others.

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Because of this lag, Samsung began to lose the percentage of the market in favor of its main competitors-SK Hynix and Micron. The latter won by making chips for the needs of artificial intelligence technology. The tariff war unleashed by US President Donald Trump also influenced.

Samsung was able to balance the situation thanks to the sales of its equipment. First of all - smartphones Galaxy S25. The deal with Ilon Mask has become a rescue circle for the corporation. According to preliminary estimates, it will bring profit in the amount of $ 1.8 billion annually until 2033.

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AI index means that the chips are designed to work with artificial intelligence.

Tesla will transmit Samsung Foundry the specifications of its sixth generation AI chips, and the South Korean company will manufacture them at its enterprises.

By the way, the production of microchips necessary for most modern electronics is tied to China. There are most of the deposits of rare -earth elements. It is from them that electronic circuits are made. Large deposits of these minerals were found on the seabed near Brazil. But the question is still not settled who has the right to extract them.