Terafab: SpaceX & Tesla Chip Fab

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Post by throwoutway » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

Terafab: SpaceX & Tesla Chip Fab
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Re: Terafab: SpaceX & Tesla Chip Fab

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Post by throwoutway » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

SpaceX and Tesla investing initial $16.8B to build a fab and manufacturing complex in Grimes County, TX. Musk says Terafab will handle each step of chip production including design.

Re: Terafab: SpaceX & Tesla Chip Fab

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Post by andsoitis » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC

throwoutway wrote: post #2

SpaceX and Tesla investing initial $16.8B to build a fab and manufacturing complex in Grimes County, TX. Musk says Terafab will handle each step of chip production including design.

What’s interesting about that?

Re: Terafab: SpaceX & Tesla Chip Fab

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Post by CamperBob2 » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #3

throwoutway wrote: post #2

SpaceX and Tesla investing initial $16.8B to build a fab and manufacturing complex in Grimes County, TX. Musk says Terafab will handle each step of chip production including design.

What’s interesting about that?

It's interesting, in that every market where Musk has succeeded has been one in which the incumbents were either lazy (space launch), incompetent (satellite ISPs), or nonexistent (EVs).

If he thinks the same engineering approach will work in semiconductor fabrication, or that he can bluff and bluster his way to success in that particular industry, he has a surprise or three coming.