TOKYO -- Japanese chipmaker Rapidus has chosen Hokkaido in northern Japan as the location for what is expected to be the nation's most advanced chip plant, Nikkei has learned.
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Rapidus President Atsuyoshi Koike, left, stands with Chairman Tetsuro Higashi after the chipmaker's first news conference last November. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)
TOKYO -- Japanese chipmaker Rapidus has chosen Hokkaido in northern Japan as the location for what is expected to be the nation's most advanced chip plant, Nikkei has learned.