Japan's Rapidus to fully automate 2-nm chip fab, president says

Chasing TSMC and Samsung, startup aims to compete on delivery times

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Rapidus President Atsuyoshi Koike acknowledged the chipmaker faces difficulty in raising private-sector funding. (Photo by Riho Nagao)

RYO MUKANO and RIHO NAGAO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese chipmaker Rapidus plans to use robots and artificial intelligence to fully automate production at a chip fabrication facility being built in northern Japan, a move meant to slash delivery times compared with rivals, President Atsuyoshi Koike told Nikkei.

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