打造地表最大單體建築！馬斯克宣佈 SpaceX 與 Tesla 於德州啟動 Terafab 晶片廠計畫
打造地表最大單體建築！馬斯克宣佈 SpaceX 與 Tesla 於德州啟動 Terafab 晶片廠計畫
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由伊隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）領導的航太企業 SpaceX 與電動車巨擘 Tesla，日前共同宣佈將於美國德克薩斯州格雷姆斯郡（Grimes County）合作興建名為「Terafab」的超大型半導體晶片製造廠。
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「Terafab」預計總樓地板面積將超過約 930 萬平方公尺，一舉超越目前位於俄羅斯、約 600 萬平方公尺樓地板面積的 AvtoVAZ 車廠主裝配大樓，成為全球面積最大的單體建築。
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Terafab 的建置宗旨在於整合最先進邏輯晶片與記憶體元件的製造、封裝及測試全流程。SpaceX 指出，隨著 Tesla 的 Optimus 人形機器人、Cybercab 自動駕駛計程車以及 SpaceX 規劃中的太空數據中心對算力需求的爆發式成長，雙方未來對晶片運算能力的需求將突破 1 Terawatt，遠超目前全球半導體的總供給量。
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為了彌補這巨大的產能缺口，興建自主控制的超級晶片廠成為必然戰略。
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從發表的建築渲染圖可見，Terafab 採用兩座對稱的矩形工廠翼樓結構，末端銜接流線型弧形屋頂，中央則由一條貫穿全區的聯外道路串聯，展現極具未來感的幾何美學。
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第一期計畫投資金額高達 168 億美元，並規劃抽取吉本斯溪水庫（Gibbons Creek Reservoir）的水源進行工業冷卻與作業。計畫落成後預計將為當地創造約 3,000 個就業機會，大幅提升美國本土在航太、人工智慧與高階製造領域的核心競爭力。
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馬斯克又要破世界紀錄了！SpaceX 跟 Tesla 宣佈要在德州蓋一座全球最大的單體建築「Terafab」！
這座半導體晶片廠佔地超過 930 萬平方公尺（約 /281 萬坪），直接超越俄羅斯的 AvtoVAZ 汽車裝配廠，成為地表最大建築！
從發表的渲染圖來看，工廠由兩座超巨大的矩形翼樓組成，配上弧形屋頂跟中央貫穿的道路，科幻感直接拉滿。第一期工程就要砸 168 億美元，運作時還會使用附近吉本斯溪水庫的水資源。
之所以要蓋這麼大，是因為 SpaceX 太空的數據中心、Tesla 的 Optimus 機器人跟 Cybercab 自動駕駛車對 AI 晶片的需求太恐怖，預計會突破 1 Terawatt 的算力，全球現有的晶片供應量根本不夠用。直接自己造一座地表最大晶片廠來生產，不愧是馬斯克風格！
Elon Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla have announced plans to collaborate on a chip-building factory in Texas named Terafab, which will measure over 100 million square feet and is expected to become the largest building in the world.
Terafab is set to be built in Grimes County and span over 100 million square feet (9.3 million square metres), exceeding the current world's largest building by floor area, the 65 million-square-foot (six million-square-metre) AvtoVAZ main assembly building in Russia.
"Terafab will be epic in both its mission and in its sheer size, designed to build new compute at an unprecedented scale and speed," said SpaceX in an announcement.
The enormous factory will encompass manufacturing, packaging, and testing of advanced logic and memory devices, creating semiconductors for chips to be used in devices such as Tesla's Optimus robots and self-driving Cybercabs, as well as SpaceX's planned data centres in space.
SpaceX predicts chip demand to be "larger than the current global supply"
A render of Terafab shows a symmetrical pair of two rectangular factory wings that end in a curving roof, with a long road running through the centre.
SpaceX claimed that its and Tesla's needs for chips will exceed the world's current supply, driving the need for their own factory.
"The combined SpaceX and Tesla demand for chips is expected to be in excess of one terawatt of compute, which is significantly larger than the current global supply," said SpaceX.
"While we are deeply appreciative of our current chip suppliers, and encourage them to expand production whenever possible, this looming gulf between supply and demand is at the core of Terafab's necessity."
The first phase of Terafab is expected to cost $16.8 billion (£12.4 billion), and the facility will use water from the Gibbons Creek Reservoir for its industrial operations.
Once complete, SpaceX and Tesla expect Terafab to provide 3,000 jobs, with the majority of hires coming from the local area.
"We believe continued progress and leadership in space, AI, and advanced manufacturing will depend on the ability to build critical technologies domestically," said SpaceX.
"By building and operating the largest chip manufacturing facility on the planet, we're continuing down a path where future humans can compete over building the largest facilities in the solar system, and eventually the galaxy."
Last year, Musk's infrastructure firm The Boring Company announced plans for a 17-kilometre transport tunnel under Dubai, designed to link the city with speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.
The photo is courtesy of SpaceX.
