Rapidus, a foundry supported by the Japanese government, is stepping up its efforts to achieve mass production of 2nm chips and is also laying out plans for even more sophisticated manufacturing techniques. Located in Chitose City, Hokkaido, its inaugural wafer fabrication plant has yet to start mass production. Nevertheless, the company has already mapped out plans to construct a second factory as soon as the fiscal year 2027, with the ambition of manufacturing 1.4nm chips by 2029. In response to these reports, however, the company clarified that they were purely speculative in nature.

This fiscal year, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry intends to pour 100 billion yen into Rapidus, with a further 1 trillion yen earmarked for investment between 2026 and 2027. In July of this year, the company made public that it had commenced the prototyping of 2nm GAA chips at the IIM-1 factory. According to earlier reports, the CEO of Rapidus regards IBM and Tenstorrent as potential key clients.