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The Japanese government-sponsored engineering training program will certainly allow Tenstorrent to establish a solid presence in Japan. But what's in it for Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI)?
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Tenstorrent, an AI startup, scored big with a commission from the Japanese government to train at its U.S. offices up to 200 semiconductor engineers from Japan over the course of five years.
Under this “Engineering Training Program” supported by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and Japan’s Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC), selected engineers will have the opportunity to learn and work on Tenstorrernt’s cutting-edge AI/ML technology. Welcome to AI chip design school.
The program – almost two years in the making – is a brainchild spawned jointly by METI and Tenstorrent.