Rapidus
Rapidus is a challenger in the Foundry segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in Kōjimachi. Its key suppliers include ASML, IBM. Its key customers include NVIDIA, AMD, Qualcomm.
Government-backed Japanese foundry targeting 2nm production in 2027.
- Headquarters
- Kōjimachi
- Founded
- 2022
- Market position
- challenger
- Value-chain segment
- Pure-Play Foundry
- Key products
- 2nm pilot line
About Rapidus
Rapidus, headquartered in Japan, operates in the Pure-Play Foundry segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market challenger there. Its key products include 2nm pilot line. wafergraph maps 2 tracked suppliers and 6 tracked customers for Rapidus across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 57/100, with 235 companies downstream of it. Rapidus is a party to 1 tracked deal, including Rapidus–IBM 2nm partnership.
Rapidus Corporation is a semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Rapidus was established in August 2022 with the support of eight major Japanese companies: Denso, Kioxia, MUFG Bank, NEC, NTT, SoftBank, Sony, and Toyota. The goal of Rapidus is to increase advanced semiconductor manufacturing capacity with a 2 nm process by 2027.
Key products
- 2nm pilot line