News Japanese chipmaker Rapidus begins test production of 2nm circuits — company commits to single-wafer processing ahead of 2027 mass production target

[Admin]

Rapidus has begun prototyping 2nm gate-all-around transistor structures at its IIM-1 fab in Japan as it prepares for 2027 mass production.

Japanese chipmaker Rapidus begins test production of 2nm circuits — company commits to single-wafer processing ahead of 2027 mass production target : Read more

 

[thestryker]

It's really good to see this is hitting the appropriate timelines. I'm not totally sure how viable the long term will be if they try to keep up with leading edge, but they may be able to carve out a solid enough business just following slightly behind. Samsung has really fumbled the ball on execution and Intel ran into the irrationality of wall street. Nobody should want to be left with just TSMC as an option so hopefully Rapidus can continue to execute.

 

[Notton]

Here's hoping it's not just words and they get this working. Projects run by the Japanese government haven't been confidence inspiring, nor successful for the past... 20~30 years. There's always someone that lies about results and embezzles funds when the government gets involved. You'd think they'd learn by now.

 

[Mr Majestyk]

It would not surprise me to see them surpass Samsung in quick time, say 2030 and become the de facto second choice after TSMC.

 

[duffer9999]

I don't see how they are gonna make money using single wafer. If you batch process a boat of 24 wafers in an etch bath, for cleaning or etch, it may take 15 minutes. They would have to run 24 wafers through a bath individually. That would take 6 hours.