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Samsung in talks with Tesla to make next-gen self-driving chips -Korea Economic Daily By Reuters

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – The Samsung Electronics logo is seen in its Seoul office, South Korea on August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics (OTC:) is in talks with Tesla (NASDAQ:) to make Tesla’s next-generation self-driving chips based on Samsung (KS:)’s 7-nanometre chip production process, a South Korean newspaper reported on Thursday.

According to the Korea Economic Daily, sources who have direct knowledge of the matter, Tesla and Samsung had discussed the design of chip multiple times since the start of 2018. They also exchanged prototypes of Tesla’s Hardware 4 self-driving car.

Samsung declined comment. Tesla did not respond to our request immediately.

According to the report, Samsung will make the chips if the order is accepted. The chips are already produced by Samsung in the current Hardware 3 computer.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-unveils-own-chip-ai-training-computer-dojo-2021-08-20 in the company’s AI Day event in August that Tesla would introduce new hardware for its self-driving computer for its Cybertruck electric pick-up truck in “about a year or so.”

According to TrendForce, Samsung is second in chip contract manufacturing, with 52.9% market share compared to TSMC’s 17.3%, as of June.

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