# Terafab moves fast because engineers can make decisions on the spot

> Original title: The Terafab project is going well

- Source: Elon Musk
- Published: 2026-10-30T05:12:01.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/eu10loh0xq170r33fbbt4nc32
- Original: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2116035373361230325

## Summary

Elon Musk says the Terafab project is going well. Background posts relay a Korean supplier executive's account that Terafab answers questions within 30 minutes to an hour, even those sent in early US morning hours. An overseas equipment maker executive said he had never seen this level of execution speed in the semiconductor industry.

## Post

The Terafab project is going well

## Quoted post @tslaming

> STRONG SIGNAL 🚨 Terafab is moving forward at lightning speed because the engineers themselves have the authority to make decisions 🔥
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> According to Korea’s The Elec, a Korean supplier executive said that even questions sent during the early morning hours in the US get answered within 30 minutes to an hour. In his view, working with Terafab is completely different from dealing with conventional semiconductor customers.
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> An executive at an overseas equipment maker went even further: “I’ve never seen this level of execution speed in the semiconductor industry.”
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> Building a fab involves countless questions like these, across every tool and material that goes into it. When each one gets a fast answer, the time saved keeps compounding, and that could add up to a serious head start before a single wafer is even processed.
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> The chip industry spent decades perfecting how a fab should run. Terafab is being built by engineers who answer a supplier’s question before the US is even awake and are trusted to decide on the spot, and that may turn out to be the most disruptive process change of all.

https://x.com/tslaming/status/2115635766672216178