The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry approved outsourcing of this research, and it was recently announced that Japan would spend upwards of ¥45 billion ($300 million) to back the LTSC and adjacent organizations in its efforts, with the ultimate goal of strengthening Japan’s competitiveness in the semiconductor industry today and into the future.

In an announcement made yesterday, the LSTC, in conjunction with Tenstorrent and Rapidus Corporation, revealed a multi-tiered partnership to license and leverage Tenstorrent’s leading RISC-V technologies and chiplet IP for LTSC’s planned 2nm AI Accelerator for the edge. In addition to the IP licensing part of the agreement, Tenstorrent will also collaborate with LSTC to help co-design the chip…