Japanese government wants Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), the world’s leading chip manufacturer, and Sony Group to build the country’s first 20-nanomemter chip plant.
The development, which was first reported by Nikkan Kogyo newspaper, indicates that the investment for building the 20nm chip plant in Japan would be around 1 trillion yen, which roughly converts to $9.2 billion.
If the companies agree to do this, then the factory would be built close to Sony’s image sensor plant in Southwest Japan. The details ceom from a proposal floated by Japan’s trade and industry ministry, says the report.
Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said that “stable chip supplies are important for Japan to maintain its international competitiveness” but has not commented on this development of building a 20nm chip plant. A ministry spokesman said to Reuters that the report was not true but declined to elaborate.
Simlar to the United States, Japan is also looking for wats to boost semiconductor production in the country to ensure that its companies have easier access to critical components for making devices.
The issues come after the trade war between the United States and China, which resulted in concerns about majority of the chip production in the world is located in Taiwan. The global shortage of chips is also one of the contributing factors for expansion of facilities to other regions to ensure steady flow of critical components.
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