Rapidus Corporation, which is building a chip fab in Northern Japan, said it will use robots and artificial intelligence to create a fully automated line for producing 2-nm chips for advanced AI applications. Nikkei Asia reports that prototyping of its 2-nm chips should begin next year, but mass production will not begin until 2027 at the earliest.
The automation will supposedly speed up production times, allowing the company to deliver chips at just a third of the time compared to its rivals. The company's fab is expected to finish construction on the external structure by October this year, with EUV lithography tools scheduled to arrive in December.
