The Seoul-based gadget giant will use the Canadian startup’s RISC-V architecture and AI technology to create its own components, said Bob Grim, Tenstorrent vice-president of communications. The two firms will also collaborate on video-processing capabilities for the chips Tenstorrent is developing for the data-centre market. (The Logic)

Talking point: Chiplets are the parts that make up chips; major manufacturers are soldering together processors, graphics units and AI-focused components from different suppliers to produce the ideal mix for their own electronic products. LG Electronics has “a ton of their own IP and combining their technology with ours in the form of chiplets should be great for both companies,” Grim told The Logic via email. It’s the first such client Tenstorrent has named, although he said others are already using its AI products and RISC-V IP. Founded in March 2016, Tenstorrent raised more than US$200 million in a round led by a Fidelity Investments subsidiary in May 2021 at a US$1-billion valuation. Jim Keller—a former executive at AMD, Intel and Tesla—became CEO in January.