Samsung Electronics Co. fabricará semiconductores con inteligencia artificial para Tesla Inc. en un nuevo acuerdo de US$16.500 millones que supone una victoria para su división de fundición, que no ha obtenido buenos resultados.

The Korean group has landed a much-needed contract to supply chips to Elon Musk's electric-car maker. It gives Samsung the chance to show its products can compete with TSMC. But its unprofitable foundry business needs more customers to properly turn around its fortunes.

Samsung and Tesla had been in talks over the partnership for some time, and the recent formal agreement signals early progress in Samsung’s 2nm process development