Report: Japan's government is asking Sony and TSMC to build a 20 nm chip plant

As shared by Reuters, the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper has reported that the Japanese government wants Sony and TSMC to team up to invest one trillion yen into developing a 20-nanometer chip constitute. According to the report, it'd exist the land's first 20 nm plant and would be built close to another Sony found in southwest Japan.

Other details are scarce, but however, Nikkan Kogyo'southward piece has elicited responses from two of the parties named in it. Though Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida didn't comment on the report direct, he did say that "stable fleck supplies are important for Nippon to maintain its international competitiveness." Reuters also notes that "a ministry spokesman said the written report was not truthful simply declined to elaborate." TSMC did not comment.

It wouldn't be besides surprising that Japan wants to upwardly its chipmaking game, as nations worldwide are currently in a blitz to out-manufacture each other in the aforementioned sector. Due south Korea, China, the United States, and more are aggressively pushing to avert beingness dependent with regards to their chipmaking needs. Taiwan beingness something of a global nucleus of flake action has western nations scrambling while People's republic of china is trying to ween itself off of American companies, leading to a spike in domestic-facing efforts across the globe.

Though not confirmed by the parties named in it, this report on Nippon's activities does seem logical, given the direction Nihon'due south neighbors are headed in.

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