#japantech — Public Fediverse posts
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Kioxia and Western Digital’s planned 5 trillion yen ($31B) flash memory expansion in Japan comes with a massive catch: it is entirely contingent on government subsidies. This highlights how private semiconductor capital is no longer market-driven, but completely tethered to state industrial policy. Japan is aggressively subsidizing domestic production to ring-fence its tech supply chain for the AI era.
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China’s CXMT has staged a stunning financial turnaround, posting a net profit of 77.6 billion yuan ($10.7 billion) for H1 2026 after losing 2.3 billion yuan last year. Driven by surging AI demand and a global semiconductor shortage, sales soared tenfold to 150.3 billion yuan. This massive cash injection and aggressive R&D expansion position CXMT as a direct threat to Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron.
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Japan’s Rapidus is betting that AI chip developers will pay a premium for speed, likening its upcoming 2nm fabrication service to a high-speed Shinkansen. Rather than competing on volume with giants like TSMC, the state-backed startup plans to charge higher prices in exchange for "overwhelmingly" short prototype delivery times. It’s a risky shift from Japan’s past chip strategies, banking entirely on the urgency of...