A Samsung Foundry insider says $TSLA AI5 chip has reached tape-out and will be built on its 2nm process at the Texas fab.
The chip is slated for future Tesla products with volume production expected later.
Nomura’s report cites $AXTI and $IQE as the leading players.
Then regarding ASP updates:
- 2in InP substrate price hike 42-76%
- 3in InP substrates price hike 78%
- 2in EML Epiwafer price hike 50-75%
- 3in CW Epiwafer price hike ~40%+
- Prices lower domestically in China as expected.
Hyperscalers bottlenecking upstream photonics confirmation validation… on all fronts from pricing, demand, to supply shortages.
My personal expectation was that price hikes would keep going up like $SNDK given ramping optical demand.
We’ll see if this turns out right given another 2 years of the demand curve.
Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in Q2, up 25% YoY. Wall Street was expecting 406,000. Total Q2 production was 451,758
Tesla also says that they deployed 13.5 GWh of energy storage in Q2 2026.
🚨 BREAKING: Tesla just published the First Responders Guide for Cybercab. I’ve gone through the document and highlighted the notable sections you need to know.🧵👇