Musk’s TeraFab: Tesla’s Bold Plan for a Cleanroom-Free 2nm Chip Factory
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has officially announced on social media that the TeraFab trillion-scale chip factory will begin operations in seven days. This ambitious wafer fab aims for an annual output of 100–200 billion chips, with the goal of surpassing Taiwan’s TSMC capacity and becoming one of the largest fabs in the world. In a surprising twist, Musk declared that the factory will not include cleanrooms. He even joked about eating cheeseburgers and smoking cigars inside, discarding long-established semiconductor industry norms. For Musk, the motivation is clear: Tesla’s demand for chips has far outstripped supply. With the AI boom driving global chip shortages, Tesla faces severe constraints. As autonomous driving technology spreads, Tesla’s annual demand for AI chips could reach...
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