Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:27am on 27 Feb 2024,Tuesday Tech Today
Japan's government-backed semiconductor research group partners with US startup Tenstorrent to design its first advanced AI chip. Tenstorrent will license its design and collaborate on chip development, aiming to provide an alternative to Nvidia and Arm. The Japanese government is investing $67 billion to reclaim a role in the semiconductor industry. The jointly designed AI chips will be produced by government-backed startup Rapidus Corp. Tenstorrent aims to begin chip production in 2027 and is in close collaboration with the Japanese government and corporations. The partnership also involves international collaboration on AI technology.
