Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is asking for a $90 million budget to fund purchases of software and foundry services by start-up companies and researchers wanting to design and prototype AI chips, reports the Nikkei. METI points out that IC designers typically pay $4.5 million to $9 million to license the software ...

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