Japan's Rapidus chip project plans global search for talent

Aims for mass production of advanced semiconductors this decade

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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) 

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

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.

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