In fact, one of the most confusing parts about Tesla's hiring people to work at Terafab is that Tesla itself will not own any high-volume semiconductor production facilities; SpaceX will, according to Elon Musk .
In the near term, Tesla plans to build a $3 billion semiconductor R&D center at its Texas campus. The facility will house a small pilot line capable of processing a few thousand wafers per month to develop and validate new manufacturing technologies before they are scaled for commercial production.
Once the pilot line shows signs of success, SpaceX is expected to construct a full-scale high-volume manufacturing fab. However, coordinating a joint project between Tesla and SpaceX will add complexity, as major decisions require approval from both companies' boards and must undergo conflict-of-interest reviews, which will likely slow execution.
That said, given that Gary Jiang was hired by Tesla, not SpaceX, his responsibilities could be to equip and ramp a development facility at its Gigafactory Texas campus rather than build, equip, and ramp a high-volume fab for SpaceX. In any case, we are speculating here, and nothing can really stop SpaceX from hiring Jiang at some point down the line.
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alan.campbell99 Hmm, will he last longer than some of the former xAI talent? Reply
nagaman So perhaps the Tesla shareholders will build it ……and SpaceX shareholders will gratefully accept the contribution from the Tesla shareholders. Seems fairly predictable from this compromised(?) CEO . Reply
bolweval nagaman said: So perhaps the Tesla shareholders will build it ……and SpaceX shareholders will gratefully accept the contribution from the Tesla shareholders. Seems fairly predictable from this compromised(?) CEO . why are you compromised? Reply
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