# TSMC x Tesla (AI5 Chip Fabrication): partnership

Canonical ID: `62ba379c-6294-4f45-b8ed-aa221679e11a`

TSMC fabricates Tesla's next-generation AI5 chips after Tesla completed tape-out and sent finalized designs to TSMC. These chips power Tesla's autonomous driving compute and Optimus robot AI inference. TSMC and Samsung serve as Tesla's dual-source chip fabrication partners.

- **Type:** manufacturing
- **Status:** active
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [Tesla](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/tesla.md) customer
- TSMC _(off-registry)_ manufacturer

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2025-06-01

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.facebook.com/teslainsiderfb/posts/122159620670664960


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