"He asked candidates to send an email with three bullet points proving their "exceptional ability" to Tesla. "We are particularly interested in applying cutting-edge AI to chip design," he said. Musk said in the post that the company aims to "bring a new AI chip design to volume production every 12 months." "We expect to build chips at higher volumes ultimately than all other AI chips combined," he added."
"The current chip in Tesla cars is known as AI4, and the company is "close to taping out AI5" while work is starting on AI6, Musk said. "These chips will profoundly change the world in positive ways, saving millions of lives due to safer driving and providing advanced medical care to all people via Optimus," Musk added. Musk has been ramping up Tesla's chip ambitions. In July, the company signed a $16.5 billion deal with Samsung to manufacture Tesla's A16 chip at its new plant in Texas."
"Tesla has postedPalo Alto, California-basedengineering roles for its AI hardware team, including openings for physical design engineers and signal and power integrity engineers. The physical design engineer job requires candidates with 10 or more years of experience in designing and building integrated circuits, also known as chips. The role involves designing, constructing, and integrating the building blocks of"
Elon Musk is urging engineers to apply to Tesla's AI chip engineering team and is deeply involved in twice-weekly design meetings. Candidates are asked to email three bullet points proving their "exceptional ability." Tesla aims to bring a new AI chip design to volume production every 12 months and expects to build chips at higher volumes than other AI chips combined. The current car chip is AI4, Tesla is close to taping out AI5 and has started AI6 development. Tesla signed a $16.5 billion manufacturing deal with Samsung for the A16 and posted senior physical design and signal/power integrity roles.
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