TSMC’s CC Wei said Musk is involved in many high-tech fields, but the world’s richest man’s priority now is the advancement of humanoid robotics technology. TSMC Chairman and CEO shared this information with delegates at Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Conference on Monday, Report Electronic Weekly. Additionally, he told the audience that TSMC would supply all the chips Musk wanted if the price was right.
When we last discussed Musk’s Optimus Prime robot in August, the billionaire tech mogul showed off the newly rebranded robot Cortex AI Supercluster. At the time, this impressive supercomputer used 50,000 Nvidia H100s. Even more impressively, it has evolved to be able to leverage More than 100,000 H100 units By the beginning of this month, plans are expected to reach 1 million…
We know the power of this AI supercomputer will be aimed at xAI’s signature products like Grok – hoping to surpass rivals OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Investors also learned that Cortex will be used to train Tesla’s long-awaited Full Self-Driving (FSD) self-driving system, as well as today’s headline artificial intelligence-driven future technology product – the Optimus humanoid robot. Optimus is now Musk’s pet project, according to the cited report.
CC Wei told conference delegates that “multifunctional robots are the most critical area and he is putting huge efforts into this, not cars.” Tesla owners may want to know this. The TSMC boss also revealed that Musk is worried about ensuring a sufficient supply of processors to realize his dream of artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robots.
TSMC currently produces Tesla Dojo As is typical in the artificial intelligence industry, the tech giants behind the field can’t get enough chips. Wei revealed that he tried to calm Musk’s concerns about the lack of chips by explaining, “If you are willing to pay us, then please don’t worry too much. I will make sure you get the chips.”
Humanoid robots therefore look set to enjoy significant financial and technology investment, but they’re not the only area TSMC’s CC Wei sees as necessary for the company’s future fortunes. Wei also highlighted opportunities for the application of drones and artificial intelligence to optimize the supply of utilities such as water, gas and electricity.