Japan Taps U.S. Chip Startup to Train Engineers

Silicon Valley AI chip startup Tenstorrent will train as many as 200 Japanese chip designers at its U.S. offices over five years, as part of a deal with the Japanese government to bolster its lagging semiconductor industry. The effort is intended to jumpstart business for Japan's Rapidus chip factory, which is slated to begin mass production by 2027. Under the terms of the agreement, Japanese engineers will be taught to create chip blueprints using the free and open chip design technology RISC-V. The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to enhance radiological imaging, improve diagnostic capabilities and reduce burnout in the field, provided that physicians and scientists work together to ensure its careful integration into the practice of medicine, according to a special report in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). [ Click on the image to read the full article ]