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**Tesla's AI Chips & Hardware Development:**
* **AI5 Tape Out:** Elon Musk announced the taping out of AI5, with AI6 and Dojo 3 also in the works. An image of the AI5 design was shared.
* **Design:** AI5 features a central System-on-Chip (SOC) processor with 12 memory dies (six on each side) all packaged together on a substrate. This is a significant departure from AI4.
* **Production:** Thanks to Taiwan Semi (TSMC) and Samsung for support. It's expected to be one of the most produced AI chips ever.
* **Application:** AI5 is primarily optimized for AI edge compute in Optimus and Tesla's supercomputer clusters.
* **Previous Statements vs. Current:** Elon's current statement clarifies AI5's primary focus on Optimus and supercomputers, a departure from earlier mentions (March 18, Jan 18) that it would go into cars/RoboTaxis. The host speculates that Optimus's immediate need for AI5 is prioritized, but excess chip capacity *could* still find its way into vehicles or data centers.
* **Tape Out Definition:** Means the design is complete, locked, and shipped to the fabs (Samsung/TSMC).
* **Performance:** A single AI5 is said to have around five times the useful compute of a dual SoC AI4. The host speculates a dual AI5 system would still be around 5x the useful compute compared to AI4 due to how redundancy is handled.
* **Redundancy:** The host speculates that Tesla will still use two AI5 packages (SOC, memory, substrate) on a larger PCB for redundancy, similar to AI4.
* **Packaging (COWAS):** AI5 uses Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate (COWAS), an advanced packaging technique, integrating memory right next to the main processor on the substrate.
* **Memory Integration:** This is a big departure from AI4, where memory was on the larger PCB further from the processor. AI5's integrated memory means shorter connections, superior memory latency, improved bandwidth, better efficiency, and overall inference performance.
* **Memory Capacity:** Elon and Tesla stated AI5 will have nine times the memory capacity of AI4. AI4 had 16GB RAM, suggesting AI5 might have 144GB (9x16GB). Speculation based on the image suggests LPDDR5X modules could lead to 192GB (12 dies x 16GB/die).
* **Tape Out Flexibility:** The transistor layout of the central SOC is locked with tape out, but Tesla retains flexibility to pair it with different amounts, types, and configurations of memory for different use cases (e.g., Optimus vs. a lighter version for FSD).
* **Power Consumption:** Elon said AI5's power consumption could be brought down closer to 250 watts, a significant improvement for Optimus.
* **Purpose:** AI5 is a specialized inference chip for Tesla AI software, designed to outperform anything else available for Tesla's needs. It enables better context windows, faster data access, improved reaction times, and understanding of complex scenes.
* **"The Loop is Closed":** Shinaka on X stated AI5 is the physical crystallization of 9 billion miles of learned physics into transistors, designed from software learnings, with the factory being built where training data cars are made.
* **Manufacturing Location:** Early samples and production might be from Korea (indicated by KR-2613), but high-volume production will occur at TSMC and Samsung factories in the US.
* **Memory Type Decision:** Tesla appears to have opted for conventional, industry-standard DRAM (LPDDR5X) instead of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), likely to reduce cost, complexity, and ease manufacturing, aligning with Elon's earlier statements about HBM not being a "slam dunk."
* **AI4 Capability:**
* Elon stated AI4 is enough to achieve "much better than human safety for FSD."
* Tesla is "pretty confident" AI4 will be sufficient for unsupervised FSD, due to compiler/runtime rewriting.
* **Hardware 3 Owners:** This is seen as a "very strong anecdotal piece of evidence" that unsupervised FSD (or a "Lite" version 14/15) could come to Hardware 3 vehicles, despite market skepticism. The host believes there's a non-zero chance due to software efficiency gains (quantization, distillation). Elon has committed to taking care of HW3 owners if unsupervised models can't run.
* **Future Chips (AI6, AI6.5, AI7, Dojo 3):**
* **AI6:** Addresses AI5 design concessions, has new ideas, aims for a true doubling of performance over AI5 in the same half-reticle size, using Samsung's 2nm fab in Texas. Expected mid-2028 for volume production.
* **AI6.5:** Will further improve performance using TSMC's 2nm in Arizona.
* **SRAM & Memory Bandwidth:** Both AI6/6.5 will have around half of their TRIP AI accelerators dedicated to SRAM, increasing effective memory bandwidth significantly for calculations in SRAM cache.
* **AI7 and Dojo 3:** Mentioned for space-based AI compute.
* **TerraFab & Manufacturing:**
* Tesla has job postings for "senior process engineer for dielectric deposition" and "senior process engineer for lithography" for the TerraFab.
* **Dielectric Deposition:** Involves working on three distinct chip families: edge inference processors (AI5), space-hardened chips for orbital satellites, and high bandwidth memory.
* **Lithography:** Confirms Tesla's plan to use both EUV and DUV machines from ASML for production, developing and qualifying EUV and RFI resist processes.
* **AI5 Tape Out Experience:** Elon said the best part was working with the team, more fun than parties. The "least awesome" part was making design concessions to move fast, but they finished 45 days ahead of schedule.
**Full Self-Driving (FSD) Software & Safety Score:**
* **FSD in Europe:**
* **Sweden:** The Swedish Transport Administration reiterated that EU-wide approval for FSD will only apply to *new* vehicles produced after approval. Updating existing vehicles falls under national regulations. No application from Tesla/RDW has been received yet for national approval in Sweden (expected May). No timeline for EU-wide approval.
* **Belgium:** A cabinet official is reviewing a message, indicating proactive interest.
* **FSD 14.3.1:**
* Early reviews are strong, and it's starting to go wide beyond the early access group.
* Reports of polished, smoother performance, improved lane bias and preference changes.
* "Much improved" stop sign behavior (commits, no hesitation, no double stops) was noted, though the host expresses skepticism based on personal experience.
* **Grok Integration:** An example was shown where Grok in a Tesla can set location-based reminders (e.g., "remind me to pick up dog food when I get close to home").
* **Safety Score V3:**
* A blog post provides more information.
* More accurate assessment of future collision risk, based on over 26.5 billion miles of driving.
* Safety factors are now measured *only* against miles driven without FSD engaged (manual driving behavior).
* Miles driven with FSD engaged automatically receive a safety score of 100, and are included in the overall safety score calculation *with FSD*.
* Risk levels for late-night driving have been refined.
* Availability varies by vehicle's infotainment system and self-driving hardware.
* An example showed a default safety score of 90 used for the first two months, leading to a $260/month premium, which could drop to $180/month if FSD is used often.
* Not yet widely available, but shows Tesla's growing confidence in FSD driving behavior.
* Existing policyholders (outside California) will be upgraded to V3 at policy renewal, with a state-specific table provided for relevant dates.
**Market Reaction:**
* **Tesla Stock:** Up 7.62% to $391.95 today. The NDX was up 1.4%, meaning Tesla outperformed by 5.4x.
* **Volume:** Much higher than usual, about 78% above the 30-day average.
* **Speculation:** The host suggests this could be due to reassurance that AI4 will be enough for unsupervised FSD, unusual options activity, or simply "somebody knows something," but advises enjoying it for what it is.
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