Kiyohiro Houkin, President of Hokkaido University, front left, and Martin A. Schmidt, President of RPI, sign a letter of intent. They are accompanied by Dr. Atsuyoshi Koike, CEO of Rapidus Corporation, left; Naomichi Suzuki, Governor of Hokkaido; Rebecca Doerge, Provost of RPI; and Mukesh Khare, General Manager of IBM Semiconductors division and Vice President of Hybrid Cloud research.