Musk said 80% of Terafab’s compute output would be directed toward space-based orbital AI satellites, with only 20% for ground-based applications. He argued that solar irradiance in space is roughly 5x greater than at Earth’s surface, and that heat rejection in vacuum makes thermal scaling viable. His conclusion: orbital AI compute could become cheaper than terrestrial alternatives within 2-3 years...

> Musk said the facility would produce between 100 and 200 billion custom AI and memory chips per year, powering Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software, the Cybercab robotaxi program, and the Optimus humanoid robot line. He also said millions of Optimus robots would help build and operate the facility.

> powering Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software

Sold and promised for more than a decade, doesn't exist yet.

> the Cybercab robotaxi program

Sold and promised, doesn't exist yet. Tesla has a bad safety record in their on-street testing.

> Optimus humanoid robot line

Sold and promised, doesn't exist. Last I heard, the demos were being remotely operated by people.

> He also said millions of Optimus robots would help build and operate the facility.

Pure fiction.

This is something the world really needs, we have produced neither compute nor memory at the scale needed for the last 5 years.

I imagine they'll find recruitment difficult, getting into politics derailed dude's PR.