TESLA'S AI OVERDRIVE: NVIDIA'S H100 CHIPS PUSH AUTOPILOT PAST IPHONE'S SIRI

Tesla's AI ambitions are hitting a new gear in 2025, fueled by a massive investment in Nvidia's H100 GPUs―the gold standard for machine learning horsepower.

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Elon Musk confirmed this month that Tesla redirected 12,000 of these chips to xAl late last year, but plans to spend $3-4 billion on Nvidia hardware this year alone are stealing the spotlight. These powerhouses are supercharging Tesla's Autopilot and Full SelfDriving (FSD) systems, aiming to outpace rivals in the autonomous driving race. For Apple users, this raises a provocative question: can Siri, even with its OpenAl-powered glow-up in iOS 18.2, keep up with a Tesla that parks itself while you stream Apple Music? Here's a deep dive into Tesla's AI leap, the tech behind it, and what it means for the iPhone crowd-both on the road and in the broader tech landscape.

THE BIG MOVE: CHIPS MEET ASPHALT

Tesla's pivot to Nvidia's H100 GPUs marks a seismic shift. These chips, hailed as the most advanced AI accelerators on the market, pack 141 gigabytes of HBM3 memory and churn through 3 petaflops of compute power-numbers that dwarf the A18 chip in the iPhone 16. Musk's $3-4 billion commitment, flagged in Tesla's latest earnings call, isn't just flexing cash-it's a bid to dominate Al-driven mobility. The first wave hit late 2024, with 12,000 H100s loaned to xAl for its "Grok" project (yes, that's us), but Tesla's keeping the bulk for itself in 2025, targeting a fleet-wide FSD upgrade.