{"id":890732,"date":"2026-03-09T06:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?p=890732"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:27:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:27:52","slug":"rapidus-gets-its-first-customer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/business\/rapidus-gets-its-first-customer-2026-03\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapidus gets its first customer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rapidus, Japan\u2019s government-backed leading-edge chip startup,\u00a0has got its first customer &#8211; Canon.<\/p><div class=\"elect-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-139319181\"><div id=\"x02\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('x02'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Canon is going to order 2nm test chips designed by Synopsys to be fabbed at Rapidus\u2019 Chitose site.<\/p><div class=\"elect-test\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-705425014\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() > 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Last month the company announced that it had raised $1.7bn from 32 private-sector companies (including Canon), with $634m of that coming from the government.<\/p><div class=\"elect-post-content-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1491223267\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-890737 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/07105120\/IMG_1845-150x150.webp\" alt=\"Rapidus gets its first customer\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/07105120\/IMG_1845-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/07105120\/IMG_1845-70x70.webp 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Rapidus projects that it will need over $44.4bn by fiscal year 2031, with about $19bn expected to come from the government.<\/p>\n<p>Rapidus intends to start volume production next year. 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