The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that Tesla has signed a $16.5-billion (U.S.) deal to source chips from Samsung Electronics, a move that could bolster the South Korean tech giant's unprofitable contract business but is unlikely to help Tesla sell more electric vehicles or roll out robotaxis more quickly. A Reuters dispatch to The Globe says Tesla boss Elon Musk announced late on Sunday that Samsung's new chip factory in Taylor, Tex., would make Tesla's next-generation AI6 chip. This could re-energize Samsung's project, which has faced long delays because the company had trouble retaining and attracting major clients. Samsung shares on Monday closed up 6.8 per cent on hopes that this deal would help the world's top memory chipmaker in the race to produce artificial-intelligence chips. With production still years away, the deal is unlikely to help Tesla address immediate challenges, including declines in its EV sales and efforts to scale its much-hyped robotaxi service. Mr. Musk has said that future AI inference chips, including AI6, would be deployed in self-driving vehicles and its Optimus humanoid robots, though he has noted the substantial computing power could enable broader AI applications.