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Musk has never built a wafer fab, but he wants to burn $119B on one anyway

Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to invest up to $119 billion in a massive semiconductor fab in Texas under the 'Terafab' project to supply chips for orbital AI datacenters. Despite Musk's ambitions, the company lacks fab experience and the project depends on Starship reducing launch costs. Intel has signed on as a partner.

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  • SpaceX aims to build a $119B wafer fab in Texas for orbital AI datacenter chips.
  • The Terafab project seeks to boost global semiconductor production by 50x.
  • Despite zero fab experience, Musk partners with Intel's 14A process node.
  • The project's viability hinges on Starship's reusability and cost reduction.

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