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Silicon Valley AI semiconductor startup Tenstorrent has secured a deal with the Japanese government to help train up to 200 Japanese chip designers at its US offices over five years. The USD 50 million partnership between Tenstorrent and Japan’s Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC) is part of Japan’s efforts to boost its semiconductor industry, according to Reuters . Japan is supporting domestic companies like contract chipmaker Rapidus, which aims to build advanced chips and start mass production by 2027.
But the Rapidus facility will need customers who agree to get their chip designs manufactured there. The Tenstorrent deal is a step towards creating those future customers, according to a Reuters report. The engineers from Japan will work on a variety of Tenstorrent’s technology throughout their program.
They will then return to their companies in Japan with in-depth knowledge of Tenstorrent’s technology, product and engineering philosophy, enabling Japanese companies to incorporate more leading-edge technology into their ecosystem, Tenstorrent said in a media release..
