Samsung And Tesla Discuss Production Of New Chips For Next-Generation Autonomous Car Technology

JAKARTA - Samsung Electronics is in talks with Tesla to make Tesla self-driving chips. According to a report by the Korea Economic Daily, on Thursday, September 23, the two companies will manufacture the next-generation chip, based on Samsung's 7 nanometer chip production process.

Since earlier this year, Tesla and Samsung have discussed chip designs several times and swapped prototype chips for Tesla's upcoming Hardware 4 self-driving computer. The report emerged from the Korea Economic Daily, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

Samsung itself declined to comment on this. While Tesla has not responded to the news.

If Samsung wins the order, then they are expected to soon make the chip on a 7 nanometer production process, the report said. Samsung is already producing chips in Tesla's current Hardware 3 computers.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said at the company's AI Day event in August that Tesla would introduce new hardware for self-driving computers for its Cybertruck electric pick-up truck in "about a year or so."

According to TrendForce analysis, in the chip contract manufacturing industry, Samsung is second only to TSMC which has 52.9% market share compared to Samsung's 17.3% at the end of June.