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   'Tesla's chip game is no joke': Elon Musk confirms it has restarted work on   
   its biggest supercomputer yet - but what will it actually be used for?   
      
   Date:   
   Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:25:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Tesla restarts Dojo 3 with AI5-AI7 chips, aiming to power autonomous    
   vehicles, humanoid robots, data centers, and space-based AI compute.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Tesla has restarted development of its Dojo 3 supercomputer project after   
   shelving or abandoning earlier versions.    
      
   Elon Musk confirmed the move on X , linking the restart directly to progress   
   on Teslas in-house AI5 chip.    
      
   Previous Dojo efforts failed to meet expectations, with Dojo 1 losing   
   relevance quickly against Nvidia systems and Dojo 2 being cancelled before   
   completion.   
      
   Tesla reboots Dojo 3 with ambitious in-house AI chips    
      
   Dojo 3 is framed as a recovery attempt rather than a clean breakthrough, as   
   Tesla claims the technical foundation is now strong enough to justify   
   reallocating engineers and capital back to the project.    
      
   Dojo 3 is expected to be Teslas first supercomputer built entirely on    
   internal hardware, without relying on Nvidia components.    
      
   Earlier Dojo designs mixed Tesla silicon with external GPU products, limiting   
   differentiation and control, whereas the new approach aligns chip design,   
   system architecture, and software under one roof.    
      
   Tesla has openly recruited engineers to scale chip production, signalling   
   ambitions for high-volume manufacturing.    
      
   Central to Dojo 3 is Teslas plan to release custom AI chips every nine    
   months, although this will probably test the companys resolve.    
      
   In terms of application, the AI4 and AI5 chips are linked to self-driving   
   development and humanoid robotics, and AI6 is tied to Optimus and large-scale   
   data center deployments.    
      
   Future iterations, including AI7, are already mapped out, although   
   expectations point to incremental evolution rather than radical redesigns.    
      
   Beyond vehicles and robots, the supercomputer could support Teslas broader AI   
   tools ecosystem, including training models that compete with established    
   cloud providers.    
      
   These claims place Dojo 3 in direct competition with mature AI infrastructure   
   vendors.    
      
   According to social commentator Nic Cruz Patane , Teslas chip game is no    
   joke, noting that AI5s performance is roughly comparable to Nvidias Hopper on   
   a single chip, approaches Blackwell levels when paired, and runs at   
   approximately 250W compared to H100s 700W or Blackwells 1,000W+ at full   
   specification.    
      
   Tesla claims its chip designs deliver similar output at lower wattage, but   
   maintaining the planned release cycle will test its discipline and execution   
   consistency.    
      
   Its technical promises are ambitious and financially driven, especially given   
   the rising cost of external AI hardware.    
      
   Dojo 3 may reduce Teslas dependence on third-party silicon, but success will   
   require consistency that earlier projects lacked.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/teslas-chip-game-is-no-joke-elon-musk-confirms-i   
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