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Elon Musk Slashes Memory Requirements For Tesla’s AI5 Chip By Half To 72 GB, And AI6 By A Third To 144 GB, But Says The Performance Of Optimus Won’t Be Affected

A Tesla-branded humanoid robot stands in a factory with other robots and cars, while an 'AI' chip is shown above.

In what is a testament to the chronically constrained supply of memory right now, Elon Musk has just announced a significant de-spec for Tesla’s AI5 and AI6 chips just to secure volume production for these chips. Elon Musk asserts that the AI5 and AI6 de-spec won’t affect the performance of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot Elon Musk has just announced that Tesla’s AI5 and AI6 chips are getting a memory downgrade, with the former reduced to 72 GB of LPDDR5 while the latter now expected to sport 144 GB of LPDDR6, which constitutes a reduction of around one-third. For the benefit […]

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