Samsung could get to make even more advanced chips for Tesla

In July 2025, Tesla awarded Samsung a $16.5 billion contract where the South Korean tech giant will make 2nm chips for the American EV maker. While the two brands had collaborated on other projects in the past, since signing the massive deal, the two have been working much more closely, and Tesla has given Samsung many more contracts (1, 2, 3). Well, it looks like the relationship between the two companies is flourishing even further. 

According to a new report from ZDNet Korea, Tesla has awarded Samsung the contract to manufacture chips for its third-generation Dojo supercomputer project. The American brand will use it to train AI models for the Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature for its EVs using data collected from millions of its cars worldwide, among other things. While Samsung will make the chip, Tesla seems to have given the job of packaging the chip to Intel.

Tesla got the chips for the first and second-generation Dojo supercomputer projects from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). However, since Tesla wants chips for Dojo in a small quantity and TSMC has its hands full with much larger orders, the latter may not offer active front-end and back-end support for Dojo 3.

Samsung and Intel, on the other hand, are eager for more orders. As such, they may be willing to provide Tesla with more support. That and the fact that Samsung and Tesla have been working very closely lately could be the reason the American EV maker may have chosen the South Korean tech giant to make chips for the Dojo 3.

Whatever the case, Samsung will not only earn a lot of money from this deal, but it will also enhance the South Korean tech giant’s image in the semiconductor manufacturing market, helping it attract even more customers.