Backed by support from the European Chips Act, German quantum startup QuantumDiamonds has completed a financing round totaling EUR91 million (approx. US$104.1 million), a move expected to deepen its presence in the three major semiconductor markets and speed the rollout of diamond-based quantum sensing technology into wafer fabs worldwide.

South Korean AI semiconductor startup Mobilint is gaining traction in physical AI with its neural processing units (NPU) for edge devices, as the AI boom spreads from cloud computing into robots, autonomous vehicles and drones. Mobilint CEO Shin Dong-joo (transliterated from Korean) and other industry figures say the next two to three years will be a crucial window for South Korea to capture the physical AI market through NPU technology.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will travel to Japan for an event celebrating the US chipmaker’s three-decade relationship with Sega, revisiting a partnership that helped Nvidia survive its difficult early years as semiconductor competition expands from data centers to personal computers.