AI semiconductor funding rockets as demand for advanced chips grows
Semiconductors that can handle AI workloads are in demand for data centres and autonomous vehicles. VC funds are backing their manufacturers like never before.
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Matthew Gooding is news editor for Tech Monitor. A former business editor of the Cambridge News, he has worked in journalism for 13 years, spending the last six covering developments in the world-leading Cambridge life science and technology cluster. He has a particular interest in deep tech and the future of business, or you can talk to him about Cambridge United and baking.
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