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Japan Rapidus: ¥920B Funding Fuels 2nm Chip Ambition

Japan is betting ¥920 billion on Rapidus, a semiconductor startup with no manufacturing experience, to challenge incumbent foundry giants. Its mission: achieve high-volume manufacturing of 2-nanometer (2nm) process node technology by 2027—an audacious, almost fantastical goal. ¥920 Billion Cumulative investment in Rapidus 2nm by 2027 Rapidus's manufacturing goal The "Why": A Nation's Bid for a Second Chance Japan, once the 1980s leader in the DRAM market, saw its market share erode due to intense competition from South Korea and a strategic pivot away from high-volume memory production. Decades later, a perfect storm of pandemic-era supply chain disruptions and escalating tech nationalism has forced a dramatic reversal in industrial policy. But Tokyo's strategy isn't just defensive; it's a calculated offensive to re-establish leadership in the semiconductor value chain, built on two core pillars. First is a shift from a defensive po...
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