Canada's semiconductor industry seeks renaissance from AI, shifting geopolitics

Open this photo in gallery: Melissa Chee, CEO of VentureLAB, Canada’s only semi-conductor startup incubator, at the company’s office on Markham, Ont., on June 5.Tijana Martin/The Globe and Mail A renaissance is under way in Canada's semiconductor industry, with companies attracting hundreds of millions of dollars in investment to build the future of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and electric vehicle hardware. While still short of its former glory, the industry is growing. But it is also puzzling over what direction that growth should take. Semiconductors are physical components that control the flow of electric current in microchips, which are essential…