2 nanometer mass capital Rapidus requires Fuji software production

The crystal foundry factory Rapidus, established by Japanese officials and the public, aims to produce 2 nanometer (nm) chips in 2027. In order to measure the production of funds, Rapidus has put forward investment requirements for Japanese semiconductor material factory Fujifilm, and it is reported that Rapidus will report the trial status of the 2 nanometer chip to its business partners on the 18th of this month.

Communication reported on the 1st that Rapidus has made provisions for Fuji software. Fuji Soft Film has a semiconductor material business, and Rapidus seems to be calling for semiconductor-related companies including Fuji Soft Film to invest in it, with the goal of creating a system that will aid the entire industry by expanding its shareholder scale.

The report pointed out that the Rapidus 2-nanometer test line has been started in April and is scheduled to hold an event in the factory's Thousand-year-old city of Hokkaido on July 18 to report the test situation to the business partners. The main performance data of the trial product is expected to be clear around September, and companies interested in investing in Rapidus may make final judgments based on the data results.

Rapidus was established in August 2022 and was jointly established by eight Japanese companies including Hongtian Automobile, Sony, NTT, NEC, Silver, Denso, Kindergarten, Mitsubishi UFJ, among which the top 7 commercial companies each invested 1 billion yen, and Mitsubishi UFJ invested 300 billion yen.

The above eight existing shareholders have decided to make additional investments for Rapidus, and Fujitsu, Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Mizuho Bank and Japan Policy Investment Bank also expressed their intention to make investments. Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda recently issued a consideration to make investments for Rapidus, thereby ensuring advanced chip purchases.

Japanese media pointed out that Rapidus is working with various companies including Honda, with a target of 100 billion yen, and the estimated investment of each company is about 10 billion to 20 billion yen.

In order to realize the planning of 2-nanometer chips in 2027, Rapidus is estimated to require about 5 trillion Japanese dollars in funds. Although the Japanese government has decided to provide about 1.72 billion Japanese dollars in aid to Rapidus, there is still a fund gap of more than 3 trillion Japanese dollars.

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