# Elon Musk made a high-profile visit to Intel’s massive manufacturing and R&D hub in Oregon.

*business · news · 2026-05-09 · Times of India*

## Key points

- Elon Musk toured Intel’s Oregon hub, signaling a major partnership with SpaceX and Tesla.
- The Intel-Musk 'Terafab' joint venture aims to produce 1 Terawatt of computing power annually.
- Intel’s 18A process is already producing 'Panther Lake' CPUs at the Oregon fab for advanced applications.
- Musk confirmed that without building Terafab, his companies cannot meet future chip demand.
- xAI plans to use Intel’s upcoming 14A process for its next-generation artificial intelligence chips.

**Companies:** Intel, Apple, Tesla, SpaceX
**Countries:** United States

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