South Korea's Samsung Electronics signed a $16.5 billion, eight-year contract to supply semiconductors to a global company, which Elon Musk said was Tesla.,

By bno - Seoul Office As global demand for high-performance chips accelerates, especially in the fields of artificial intelligence and autonomous driving, chipmakers are battling for dominance in next-generation semiconductor manufacturing.

Samsung will produce AI6 semiconductors, the next-generation chip, for Tesla’s self-driving mode and other projects.