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2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
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Rising demand for AI chips is changing how foundries set prices, giving TSMC and Samsung Electronics more leverage while forcing new entrants such as Rapidus to compete carefully on cost.
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2026-07-09
www.japantimes.co.jp
2026-07-09
The Japan Times
KARUIZAWA, NAGANO PREF. – Rapidus plans to sell its advanced 2-nanometer chips at around the same price as similar chips produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the Japanese chipmaker’s president has said.
At an event hosted by the Japan Productivity Center in the town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Wednesday, Rapidus President Atsuyoshi Koike said the company plans to set the pr
2026-07-09
www.nippon.com
2026-07-09
nippon.com
Rapidus to Sell Advanced Chips at No Higher than TSMC Price
Economy Technology Jul 9, 2026 09:52 (JST)
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Karuizawa, Nagano Pref., July 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. plans to price its advanced semiconductors with a circuit line width of 2 nanometers no higher than the price
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
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Rapidus to Sell Advanced Chips at No Higher than TSMC Price
Economy Technology Jul 9, 2026 09:52 (JST)
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Karuizawa, Nagano Pref., July 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese chipmaker Rapidus Corp. plans to price its advanced semiconductors with a circuit line width of 2 nanometers no higher than the price
2026-07-09
finance.biggo.com
2026-07-09
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Rapidus President Atsuyoshi Koike, whose company aims to domesticate next-generation semiconductor production, spoke at a seminar hosted by the Japan Productivity Center in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on the 8th. Regarding the cutting-edge 2-nanometer (a nano is one-billionth) semiconductors scheduled for mass production in 2027, he explicitly stated that the sales price would be set at a level
2026-07-09
digitimes.com
2026-07-09
The AI data center boom is reshaping the memory supply chain, giving Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron greater pricing power while pushing cost pressure into PCs, smartphones, cars, and other end markets.
2026-07-09
digitimes.com
2026-07-09
Driven by the global energy transition and the rapid development of emerging applications such as artificial intelligence (AI) and low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, demand for renewable energy continues to rise.
2026-07-09
digitimes.com
2026-07-09
Chinese companies are shifting more AI accelerator spending away from Nvidia and toward domestic suppliers, a sign that US-China technology tensions are no longer just reshaping chip exports, but the buildout of China's AI infrastructure itself.
2026-07-09
digitimes.com
2026-07-09
Venture capitalists from Japan, Singapore, and Salesforce Ventures converged at the 2026 Asia VC Summit in Taipei to argue that Asian startups should prioritize regional expansion over jumping straight into the US market. They pointed to cross-border collaboration within Asia as a more viable path to building competitive tech companies.
2026-07-09
digitimes.com
2026-07-09
Apple's decision to commit more than US$30 billion to Broadcom over the next several years carries implications that reach well beyond a single procurement contract — potentially reshaping, though not limited to, how the iPhone maker approaches custom-silicon design and how far it is willing to anchor critical chip production inside the US.
2026-07-09
digitimes.com
2026-07-09
Rising demand for AI chips is changing how foundries set prices, giving TSMC and Samsung Electronics more leverage while forcing new entrants such as Rapidus to compete carefully on cost.
2026-07-09
digitimes.com
2026-07-09
SK Group chairman Tae-Won Chey is reportedly set to travel to the US for SK Hynix's American depositary receipt (ADR) listing on Nasdaq, where he will personally attend the celebration in New York. The move is being seen as more than a capital market event, as it marks an important moment in SK Hynix's effort to reposition itself from a traditional memory maker into a core company in AI infrastruc
2026-07-09
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2026-07-09
CXMT has launched a CNY29.5 billion (approx. US$4.1 billion) STAR Market IPO, giving China's top DRAM maker fresh capital to upgrade 17nm production, expand DDR5, and develop HBM for AI servers and high-performance computing.
2026-07-09
www.ad-hoc-news.de
2026-07-09
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Microns, Structural
Micron's Structural Shift: How HBM Demand Is Reshaping the Memory Market — and Why New Fabs Take Years to Ease the Squeeze
Veröffentlicht: 08.07.2026 um 19:15 Uhr, Redaktion boerse-global.de
Structural reallocation of memory chips to AI-focused HBM keeps prices elevated, but Micron's stock slides 28% from highs amid supply constraints and long-term uncertainty.
Micron's Struc
2026-07-09
www.tomshardware.com
2026-07-09
Tom's Hardware
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Rapidus fab roadmap examined — first new leading-edge chipmaker in decades has one Hokkaido fab, a 2027 deadline, and 60 potential customers
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By Luke James
Published July 9, 2026
Japan's national champion has EUV running and a 2nm GAA prototype, but still lacks a single committed volume customer.
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2026-07-08
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2026-07-08
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2026-07-08
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2026-07-08
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2026-07-08
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2026-07-08
JAPAN Forward
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2026-07-08
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2026-07-08
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Rapidus Pursues 2-nanometer Semiconductor Production in Japan
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Rapidus is pursuing 2-nanometer logic semiconductor production in Japan, with its official site saying the Chitose pilot line began opera
2026-07-08
digitimes.com
2026-07-08
Heads of venture capital associations from Taiwan, Japan, and Korea gathered in Taipei today for the first Asia Venture Capital (VC) Summit, a historic trilateral meeting aimed at deepening cross-border investment as AI reshapes the region's tech landscape.