
How Rapidus Is Attempting 2nm Chips With Zero Mass-Production Experience
Rapidus, a Japanese chipmaker with no history of mass production, is targeting 2nm semiconductor manufacturing by combining technology licensed from IBM and imec, a wafer-by-wafer production method called RUMS, and roughly 2.9 trillion yen in government backing. This article traces that strategy against the 36-year decline of Japan's chip industry since 1988.







