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Elon Musk plans to purchase AMD chips for Tesla's AI hardware

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Large Corporate 27 Jan 2024 01:00 PM IST The Hindu BusinessLine

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., announced plans to buy chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) as part of Tesla's substantial investment in computing hardware to handle artificial intelligence (AI). This statement comes after Musk revealed that Tesla intends to spend over $500 million on Nvidia Corp. hardware this year.

When asked if Tesla would also acquire chips from AMD, Musk confirmed with a "yes." While Nvidia currently leads in AI accelerators, AMD and other competitors are making strides in the market. AMD recently introduced the MI300 lineup, claiming it can run AI software faster than its competitors.

Tesla's AI hardware investments are part of the larger initiative known as Project Dojo, for which Musk mentioned a planned investment of over $1 billion by the end of 2024. Project Dojo involves the development of an in-house supercomputer designed to handle vast amounts of data, including video data from Tesla cars crucial for autonomous driving software. 

Musk emphasised that Tesla is pursuing a dual path involving both Nvidia technology and its in-house efforts with Dojo. While acknowledging Dojo as a "long shot," Musk expressed confidence in its potential high payoff, stating, "It's a long shot worth taking because the payoff is potentially very high."