Korean Engineer Accuses Tesla and Terafab of Poaching Samsung Talent

A South Korean semiconductor engineer accused Tesla and its Terafab project of poaching "a ton" of talent from Samsung's Taylor, Texas fab and demanding harsh terms on the AI5 and AI6 chips. Terafab, a Tesla-SpaceX venture backed by Intel, has $16.8 billion earmarked and targets 1 terawatt of AI compute per year.

• Terafab reportedly poached "a ton" of talent from Samsung's Taylor, Texas fab
• Tesla demanded internal fab data sharing and audits for AI5 and AI6 chips
• Terafab: $16.8 billion investment, target of 1 TW of AI compute per year
• AI5 chip: 2000-2500 TOPS, memory cut to 96 GB, 2nm production in 2027