Member of the Japanese government's chip industry advisory group: 2nm mass production must be achieved within ten years

IT Home December 31 news, according to ElectronicsWeekly reported that Tetsuro (Terry) Higashi, former CEO of Tokyo Electronics and a member of the Japanese government's chip industry advisory group, recently said that Japan must achieve 2nm mass production within ten years.

Japan should provide tax breaks in the next fiscal year to generate $88 billion in investment over the next decade to reinvigorate domestic chip manufacturing, Higashi said.

The Japanese government approved $6.8 billion in supplementary spending last week, and Higashi said: "I expect this level of funding to continue at least for the next few years, and it will not be possible to get private companies to invest without the initial investment of the government." Until things are established, the government will have to play a central role. ”

It house understands that Japan will revitalize its chip industry this year as a national project aimed at roughly tripling the annual revenue of domestic semiconductor companies to 13 trillion yen (about 720.2 billion yuan) by 2030.

Higashi said that tax cuts for research and development and cuts in water and utility costs for chipmakers should be considered, "If Japan can't secure its industrial base, we will have to rely on other people's chip intellectual property, they will take away all the added value, and all industries need to be aware of this possibility." ”

The Nikkei Shimbun report also pointed out that the Japanese government will provide financial support to assist Japanese companies to develop the next generation of semiconductor manufacturing technology after 2nm. In order to achieve this goal, in addition to continuing to conduct a wide range of opinion exchanges with semiconductor manufacturers such as TSMC and Intel for research and development, they will also work with local equipment giants such as Canon, TEPCO, and SCREEN to revitalize Japan's strength in advanced research and development.