Tenstorrent, a U.S. AI chip startup, has signed an agreement with the Japanese government to train up to 200 chip engineers for its U.S. office over the next five years.
Recently, Wolfspeed announced that it secured $1.5 billion in funding from the U.S. government and the Apollo Investment Fund consortium to support the establishment of its first 200mm silicon carbide manufacturing facility.
Japan's Semiconductor Equipment Sales Surge: Sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in Japan continue to rise, with September sales reaching 369.598 billion yen, a substantial 23.4% increase compared to the same month last year.
Microsoft witnessed a big jump in orders for its GB200 chip in the fourth quarter of 2024, increasing three to four times and exceeding the total orders from all other cloud service providers.