Intel will stay on Musk’s Terafab chip project, CEO tells Bloomberg
Intel will keep working with Elon Musk on Terafab, his project to make advanced chips in Texas, chief executive Lip-Bu Tan told Bloomberg.
Tan made the comments before a Tokyo event on Wednesday celebrating 50 years of Intel’s operations in Japan.
His comments come after a week of reports that Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, could join the project.
The TSMC talks were first reported on October 2 by Culpium, a newsletter run by tech journalist Tim Culpan. Citing unnamed sources, the report said TSMC was exploring ways to help operate Terafab’s planned factories in Texas.
Musk replied the next day, posting on X under a screenshot of the report.
“Just discussions, but something may come of it,” he wrote.
In a follow-up piece, Culpium also reported that Intel’s own work on Terafab was not making progress. Tan’s remarks to Bloomberg suggest Intel intends to...
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