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Nick Evanson

Samsung's US chip fab gets a much-needed lifeline in the form of a $16.5 billion deal to supply Tesla's next generation of car processors

A picutre of Samsung's Austin, Texas facility.

Advanced chip manufacturing is a very costly but also very lucrative business, and for TSMC, business has been extremely good. However, that's not been the case for Samsung, the world's second-largest chip maker after TSMC, as it has been struggling to bring in new customers. There is some good news on that front, though, as Elon Musk has announced a deal with Samsung, in which it will manufacture the next generation of processors for Tesla cars at its US plant in Texas.

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