Terafab is investing $16.8 billion in a Grimes County, Texas facility with a long-term goal of 1 million wafer starts per month and 3,000 jobs. The project is excluding Chinese suppliers to source equipment and materials from across South Korea, with demands for prices lower than Chinese rivals. While partnering with Intel and consulting TSMC for logic chips, the facility aims to reach an initial capacity of 100,000 wafers per month before 2030 with dedicated support from Lam Research and Applied Materials.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Musk Sets First Volume Production Date for Terafab AI Chips in Q3 2028
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The joint Tesla and SpaceX venture expects to complete its first working test chip in May or June 2027 at the Research Chip Fab in Giga Texas. Elon Musk announced that volume production of 'super intelligence' chips will then begin at the main Terafab facility in the third or fourth quarter of 2028, a timeline he described as "insanely fast." Musk thanked ASML for its support in bringing production in-house and claimed the output of the single building will eventually rival the GDP of the top 20 nations.
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