Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor project could cost $5 trillion, Bernstein claims — herculean effort would cost more than 70% of the total yearly US government budget
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To build 1 TW of AI silicon per year, Elon Musk's TeraFab would need to process 22.4M Rubin Ultra GPU wafers, 2.716M Vera CPU wafers, and 15.824M HBM4E wafers annually using from 142 to 358 fabs, according to Bernstein.