TOKYO -- Japan's new government-backed chipmaker Rapidus will recruit talent globally and pursue partnerships with existing suppliers in an effort to achieve its goal of mass-producing cutting-edge chips in the latter half of the 2020s.
Aims for mass production of advanced semiconductors this decade

Rapidus will work with IBM to manufacture 2-nanometer chips and with Belgian research institute IMEC to develop extreme ultraviolet lithography, an essential technology for making advanced chips. (Photo by Kosuke Imamura)
TOKYO -- Japan's new government-backed chipmaker Rapidus will recruit talent globally and pursue partnerships with existing suppliers in an effort to achieve its goal of mass-producing cutting-edge chips in the latter half of the 2020s.