Tenstorrent told investors it is partnering with South Korean consumer electronics firm LG Electronics to build a new generation of chips to potentially power LG's premium TV and automotive products of the future and its own data center products.
Under the collaboration, Toronto-based Tenstorrent said LG will receive artificial intelligence (AI) and RISC-V CPU technology aimed at driving AI-enhanced features and high-performance computing in its future premium TVs, high-performance automotive chips and other smart products.
The company said its industry-leading AI and RISC-V CPU (central processing unit) technology will enrich LG's portfolio of technology and eventually enable LG to differentiate its chip solutions.
RISC-V is an open standard instruction set architecture based on established reduced instruction set computer principles.
Tenstorrent noted that under industry veteran and CPU architect CEO Jim Keller, it is the only company with the right technology that enables LG to take control of its own silicon roadmaps.
"It is increasingly important for industry leaders to own their silicon future," Keller said in a statement.
"LG is a giant in our industry, and this collaboration will strengthen their portfolio of technologies for their future chip solutions, providing greater flexibility to differentiate their products."
In turn, LG said the companies will collaborate to deliver video processing capability into Tenstorrent's future data center products.
"Chiplets will be tested through this collaboration to see whether they can become a technology platform of collaboration,” LG’s chief technology officer Byoung-hoon Kim added.
“Tenstorrent and LG will share technology roadmaps and keep extending the scope of collaboration."
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