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Wednesday 20 December 2023
Japan trade minister aims to help Rapidus grow customer base
Japan's new trade minister says he hopes to expand the scope of support for Rapidus Corp. by helping the local startup grow its customer base.
Monday 18 December 2023
Rapidus aims for world's fastest fabrication services, targeting custom AI chips
Japan's chipmaking startup, Rapidus, is setting ambitious goals to mass-produce 2nm chips by 2027, aiming to provide the world's fastest chip manufacturing services, targeting clients...
Thursday 16 November 2023
Rapidus to set foot in Silicon Valley to enhance cooperation with Nvidia, AMD and Tenstorrent
Rapidus, the advanced-node Japanese foundry service provider targeting cutting-edge processes at 2nm and below, revealed at a business luncheon participated by industry leaders that...
Thursday 26 October 2023
TSMC Kumamoto 2nd fab reportedly to receive JPY 900 billion in subsidy
Media reports quoting Yoshihiro Seki, a member of Japan's House of Representatives, that Japan plans to add JPY 1.49 trillion (US$ 10 billion) to its budget for subsidizing two important...
Thursday 28 September 2023
ASML to establish a base in Japan in support of Rapidus
The Dutch company ASML, which manufactures EUV lithography equipment and other types of photolithography equipment, has decided to establish a support base for semiconductor production...
Friday 22 September 2023
Rapidus proposes "Hokkaido Silicon Valley" but faces water and energy infrastructure needs

Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Rapidus, which aims to mass-produce 2nm chips, has decided to set up a factory in Chitose City, Hokkaido...

Monday 4 September 2023
Rapidus breaks ground on 2nm chip fab
Rapidus recently held a groundbreaking ceremony at Chitose Bibi World, an industrial park in Chitose City, Hokkaido, where its IIM-1 fab to develop and manufacture advanced semiconductors...
Tuesday 1 August 2023
TSMC expected to benefit as Japan reinstates industrial water subsidies
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) will restart industrial water project subsidies to assist local governments in attracting semiconductor manufacturers to produce...
Monday 24 July 2023
Rapidus estimates the price of its 2nm chips at 10x current mainstream products
Rapidus, the Japanese government-backed semiconductor consortium, announced that the price of its 2nm chips will be 10 times that of the current mainstream chip products produced...
Monday 3 July 2023
Japanese government promotes investments in Rapidus, but corporations prefer to wait
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has stated that it will be providing a new round of subsidies to Japanese fab Rapidus, hoping to promote private investments...
Wednesday 14 June 2023
Japan's Rapidus to have 100 engineers in IBM facility by summer to acquire GAAFET technology
Japanese semiconductor champion Rapidus will have 100 engineers sent to IBM's research facility in the US to acquire knowhows in the gate-all-around (GAA) transistor technology key...
Wednesday 17 May 2023
Japan's Rapidus shares views on TSMC competition and 2nm progress
Rapidus, Japan's newly created semiconductor champion that seeks to reach 2nm production by 2027, indicated that it has completed the preparatory work of its first EUV lithography...
Thursday 20 April 2023
GF sues IBM alleging misuse of trade secrets
GlobalFoundries has filed a lawsuit against IBM for misuse of trade secrets.
Tuesday 18 April 2023
Two new chipmaking industry clusters taking shape in Japan
Japan is attempting to revitalize its chipmaking sector and strengthen related industry supply chains. Its current focus is on logic ICs. As a result of this strategy, two new chipmaking...
Tuesday 7 March 2023
Rapidus confirms its business model: advanced process chips, low quantity, wide variety, high unit price
Japan's Rapidus emphasized that its advanced process chip production must adopt a low quantity, wide variety model that accommodates client demands to survive in the market. This...
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