Tesla Completes AI5 Processor Tapeout

Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that Tesla has completed the tapeout of its next-generation AI5 processor, a key milestone in the company's development of custom hardware for autonomous driving systems, humanoid robots, and AI training infrastructure.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Musk shared an image of the AI5 chip module and congratulated the Tesla AI chip design team. "Congrats to the Tesla_AI chip design team on taping out AI5," he wrote. "AI6, Dojo 3 and other exciting chips in the works. And thank you to TaiwanSemi_TSC and Samsung for your support in bringing this chip to production! It will be one of most produced AI chips ever." The tapeout marks the finalization of the chip's design, sending it to manufacturing partners for fabrication and testing. Tesla expects high-volume production of the AI5 to begin in 2027, with deployment in vehicles and other applications likely following in mid- to late year.

The AI5 features a compact application-specific integrated circuit die, roughly half the size of a standard reticle, surrounded by 12 memory packages from SK Hynix. Sources indicate these are likely GDDR6 or GDDR7 modules, providing a wide 384-bit memory interface...