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The Yomiuri Shimbun Rapidus Corp. President and CEO Atsuyoshi Koike breaks ground at a ceremony in Chitose, Hokkaido, on Friday.
Jiji Press
16:42 JST, September 2, 2023
CHITOSE, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — Chipmaker Rapidus Corp. held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for a plant in Chitose in Hokkaido.
Tokyo-based Rapidus aims to produce next-generation chips with a circuit line width of 2 nanometers, which are used in cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence.
The government is committed to continued support for Rapidus, industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters after the ceremony.
“Rapidus is a project that holds the key to Japan’s international competitiveness in the future,” Nishimura said. “We want to make [the project] successful at any cost.”
