In San Jose, California, TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) revealed that TDK Ventures Inc. has made an investment in C2i Semiconductors, known for their innovative software-defined Voltage Regulator (VR) platforms. This investment comes as part of C2i's Series A funding round totaling $16.7 million, with contributions from Peak XV Partners and other key figures in the semiconductor sector. Addressing the critical "Last-Inch" power issue, as artificial intelligence (AI) tasks push worldwide data center power consumption towards an anticipated 1,000.