Britain appoints tech expert, diplomat to spearhead its AI summit
The two will be tasked with rallying political leaders, AI companies and experts ahead of the event this autumn, the government said on Thursday.
The two will be tasked with rallying political leaders, AI companies and experts ahead of the event this autumn, the government said on Thursday.
Rakuten claims to have more than 70 services and 1.7 billion members worldwide. It operates Japan’s largest online shopping mall and offers a diverse portfolio of services spanning e-commerce, fintech, digital content and telecoms.
The chipmaking device supplier will consider opening an applications laboratory, which performs test cuts and other experimental processing at customer's request, in India, the report said.
The Ministers engaged in comprehensive discussions covering a wide range of issues of bilateral, regional, and global significance. They highlighted the importance of further strengthening India-Japan partnership based on shared values and principles.
Advantest, a dominant player in chip testing equipment with U.S. peer Teradyne Inc, said it expects the market to contract this year due to customers holding excess inventory.
Osaka Organic Chemical Industry, a Japanese manufacturer of high-end chemicals used in chip production, is betting on the materials market for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, a method for making advanced chips.
China has reacted negatively to the decision, despite Japan's failure to mention that the export limitations are primarily aimed at China, the world's second-largest economy.
"We are deeply dissatisfied and regret the act," said a foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning. She urged Japan to "prevent relevant measures from interfering with the normal semiconductor industry cooperation between the two countries."
"It has been agreed that India and Japan will create an implementation organisation in which there will be opportunities for government-to-government as well as industry-to-industry collaboration," Vaishnaw said.
Japan, the world's third-largest economy, has been slow to invest in the field, and lags the United States in AI computer infrastructure. Some 3,000 companies in Japan have access to a supercomputer at the government's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) offering 0.8 exaflops of computing power.
According to Data.ai, the app has surpassed more than 150 million downloads worldwide, within seven days after its launch.