Leading American automaker Tesla is reportedly planning to tap South Korean Samsung Electronics’ technologies in autonomous driving semiconductor chips, a local report asserts.
The move would be crucial for the Musk-led company as it aims to lead the race with full autonomy.
Samsung Electronics to supply Tesla with HW5 chips
Recent speculations suggest that Tesla may pick Samsung Electronics to support its autonomous driving advancement with its fifth-gen chip, Hardware 5.
HW5 will apparently utilize innovative 4-nanometer processes.
It is also worth noting that the South Korean tech giant is already delivering its 14-nm fully self-driving chips.
However, Samsung Electronics intends to advance its automotive chips to 2 nm by 2027.
Previous meeting
Tesla Chief Elon Musk and Samsung Group leader Lee Jay-yong met in May 2023 to negotiate technological partnership expansion.
The South Korean Group’s leader reportedly presented numerous attractive offers to the Musk-led company, like favorable contract costs.
However, Tesla originally favored Samsung’s closest rival, TSMC, for the potential HW5 chip supply agreement. In a surprising turn of events, industry insiders now report that Samsung may snatch the deal, Not A Tesla App asserted.
Samsung Electronics to ramp up production of 256 GB UFS 3.1
Automotive chips’ rapid demand growth will also boost memory semiconductors, which is also one of Samsung Electronics’ expertise.
The company confirmed plans in July to accelerate its production of the next-gen 256 GB Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 3.1 NAND Flash memory.
This automotive component is crucial for improving the current technology for in-vehicle infotainment.
This production ramp-up is part of Samsung Electronics’ effort to beat industry leader Micron by 2025.
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The automotive semiconductor chip industry is undoubtedly expanding at a very fast pace. This major improvement is primarily due to the global race to develop fully autonomous driving technologies.
In effect, tech giants Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company are fighting neck to neck. Tesla North asserted that TSMC is reportedly planning to develop a €10 billion 28-nm semiconductor factory in Germany.
