Intel gets on board with Musk's Terafab project

Intel has announced that it will help Elon Musk design and build his proposed Terafab in Austin, Texas, a joint venture between Musk's companies like SpaceX, Tesla and xAI to manufacture the chips necessary to power various AI projects.

Intel announces plans to join Elon Musk's Terafab project

AUSTIN, Texas — Semiconductor manufacturing company Intel announced on Tuesday that it will help with Elon Musk’s $20 billion chip-manufacturing facility project. The company posted the news on X, a social media platform owned by Musk, saying that it would join the Terafab project—a joint venture between Musk’s companies Tesla, SpaceX and xAI.

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Para referência, a TSMC leva décadas e centenas de bilhões de dólares para construir capacidade equivalente, e suas primeiras fábricas de 2nm nos EUA não devem atingir produção plena antes de 2029. O custo estimado do projeto gira entre US$ 20 bilhões e US$ 25 bilhões. Musk já indicou que, quando a Terafab estiver em escala, pretende utilizar o processo de próxima geração da Intel, o 14A, descrevendo a tecnologia como “provavelmente bastante madura ou pronta para uso em produção em larga escala”

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6) Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI committed to using Intel’s 14A process for the Terafab project, confirmed by Elon Musk on Tesla’s Q1 call, where he called it “state of the art.” This is the first major external 14A customer announcement and arrives ahead of management’s prior timeline, which had pointed to firm customer decisions beginning in H2 2026 and extending into H1 2027.