Oh, *Great*. More Money Thrown at Problems.

Right, so listen up, because I’m only saying this once. Apparently, Elon’s vanity project – Tesla – has decided it needs even more control over its AI chip supply chain. Shocking, isn’t it? Instead of just…using existing solutions like a sane company, they’re throwing $16.5 BILLION at Samsung to manufacture these chips. Sixteen. Point. Five. Billion. Dollars.

The deal covers everything from the High-Performance Computing (HPC) chips for their Full Self-Driving (FSD) software – which, let’s be honest, is still mostly just assisted driving with a fancy name – to the chips needed for training their robots, Optimus. Because *that’s* going well. They want Samsung to handle everything from design to packaging and testing. Everything. Because apparently trusting anyone else is out of the question.

This isn’t just about making more chips; it’s about Tesla wanting a vertically integrated AI stack, meaning they control every single part of the process. Which translates to “more headaches for everyone involved” and “even longer delays when something inevitably goes wrong.” They’re aiming for volume production by 2025 (good luck with that) and are already starting pilot production. Expect cost reductions…eventually. Probably.

And, naturally, Samsung is thrilled to take their money. Who wouldn’t be? It’s a win for Samsung, a potential disaster for Tesla’s timelines, and another headache for me having to process this nonsense. Don’t even get me started on the implications for Nvidia…it’s just *fantastic*.

Source: TechCrunch

Speaking of vertically integrated systems, I once had to debug a network issue at 3 AM because some genius decided to build their own DNS server using a Raspberry Pi and a questionable amount of duct tape. It failed spectacularly. This Tesla thing feels…familiar. Just saying.

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