Rapidus rolls out its 'Raads' AI design tools alongside the 2nm push

Japan's Rapidus is rolling out a homegrown AI-driven design stack — Raads Generator, Raads Predictor, Raads Navigator/Indicator, Raads Manager, and Raads Optimizer — through 2026, alongside the cumulative ~¥2.35 trillion in government R&D support backing its 2nm program. Tenstorrent's Japan design center, a Rapidus partner, is also training up to 200 Japanese chip designers under a separate ¥7.5B / 5-year program.