Please note that this article cites information from Nikkei XTech, Economic Daily News, and  Yomiuri Shimbun. Japan’s Rapidus is accelerating its push into advanced chipmaking. According to Nikkei XTech, CTO Kazunari Ishimaru said the company is aiming to narrow its technology gap with TSMC t...

Japan’s Rapidus is targeting mass production of 2nm chips in the second half of 2027, with interest from potential customers reportedly gaining momentum. According to Japanese outlet MONOist, President and CEO Atsuyoshi Koike said the company is currently in discussions with more than 60 firms, pr...

As TSMC upgrades its second Kumamoto fab to 3nm, Japan’s homegrown foundry Rapidus is also drawing market attention. Hokkaido Shimbun reports IBM is backing the effort, planning a new office in downtown Chitose this spring to support Rapidus’ next-gen chip ambitions. IBM maintains a close par...

Japan’s government-backed foundry Rapidus is targeting mass production of 2nm chips in the second half of 2027. According to MoneyDJ, citing Nikkei, sources say Japanese chip materials supplier JX Advanced Metals is considering a ¥5 billion investment in Rapidus and may also supply materials to t...

As SEMICON Japan opens today (December 17), Nikkei reports that semiconductor heavyweights—including NVIDIA, Intel, Micron, and TSMC—are set to participate. Yet the biggest buzz may center on Rapidus, the Japanese foundry expected to unveil the world’s first interposer prototype cut from a sin...