Company has posted job adverts looking for workers in India and California

New system will help improve accuracy of heavy rain predictions

Machine is set to come online later this year

Australian Academy of Science says lack of HPC strategy risks country’s future prosperity and security

System will be powered by eight Grace Hopper superchips

Deal marks the fourth multi-billion purchase for Japanese chip maker

Sydney-based startup has raised $120m to date

Plans result from government scheme to boost chip production in the country

If approved, the plant will produce 65nm and 40nm chips

The project will be a joint venture between state-backed Rapidus and the Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center

Second site expected to be operational by the end of 2027

Partnership forms part of Singtel’s commitment to Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0

System expected to be operational by 2028

The site, known as FFMT Kyushu, is the company’s fourth CMP slurries production facility

Machine is housed at research institute Academia Sinica

Agreement was first signed in November 2023

The deal is worth $37.2 million

Initial investments from the companies total around $471 billion - but derided as a "nothing burger" by analyst

Infosys described the deal as a “strategic investment”

Keppel to provide energy to chip maker via new gas plant

Deal will see Quantinuum install H1-Series ion trap quantum computer at Japanese research lab

The value of the investment has not been disclosed

Second time the chipmaker has undertaken such a sale

Most facilities built to withstand some seismic activity