Elon Musk announced on X that Tesla will recommence development of Dojo3, the third generation of its in-house supercomputer project, stating the AI5 chip design is now stable. The Dojo team disbanded last year.
The Dojo project’s objective is to process video from Tesla vehicles and other data to train the “neural net” powering the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. Last year, Musk indicated Tesla would not divide resources between two AI chip designs, stating the AI5, AI6, and subsequent chips would be effective for inference and suitable for training.
The AI chips mentioned by Musk are designed for FSD within Tesla vehicles and are not specifically optimized for training. The AI6 chips will be manufactured by Samsung in its Texas facility, following a $16 billion agreement with Tesla.
Musk has also indicated that Dojo3 will function as “space-based AI compute.” He and others propose that orbital data centers offer advantages over terrestrial data centers, citing easier access to solar energy and the potential for reduced power consumption due to cold space temperatures. Experts express skepticism regarding this concept.
