The heart behind Rapidus, told in stories.
People
Technology Development Begins with People; The Growth of Engineers Who Never Give Up—and Gaining Certainty in 2nm Advanced Semiconductor Development
Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Deputy Head of Engineering Center
Shigehiro Fujino
Deputy Head of Engineering Center
Shigehiro Fujino
2026.01.26
People
Rapidus Merges Front-End and Back-End Semiconductor Processes for Ultimate Performance
Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Engineering Center
Yasumitsu Orii
Head of Engineering Center
Yasumitsu Orii
2026.01.26
People
Manufacturing the World’s Most Advanced 2nm Semiconductors — The Vision Behind the “Soul Lot”
Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Operations Division
Atsuo Shimizu
Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Operations Division
Atsuo Shimizu
2025.11.11
People
How US companies view Rapidus: Why Silicon Valley believes in us?
Rapidus Design Solutions, LLC.
GM and President
Henri Richard
GM and President
Henri Richard
2025.09.22
People
Overcoming the challenge of 2nm development lies the path to a differentiated technology lead
Chairman Tetsuro Higashi
2025.08.08
People
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2026.01.26 Technology Development Begins with People; The Growth of Engineers Who Never Give Up—and Gaining Certainty in 2nm Advanced Semiconductor Development Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Deputy Head of Engineering Center
Shigehiro Fujino -
2026.01.26 Rapidus Merges Front-End and Back-End Semiconductor Processes for Ultimate Performance Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Engineering Center
Yasumitsu Orii -
2025.11.11 The Reality of IIM-1: Manufacturing the World’s Most Advanced 2nm Semiconductors — The Vision Behind the “Soul Lot” Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Operations Division
Atsuo Shimizu -
2025.09.22 How Rapidus is supporting U.S. based customers and others across the globe, and why Rapidus will succeed. The best is yet to come! Rapidus Design Solutions, LLC.
GM and President
Henri Richard -
2025.08.08 Overcoming the challenge of 2nm development lies the path to a differentiated technology lead Chairman Tetsuro Higashi -
2025.09.10 Rapidus’ 2nm pilot line starts operation “We Can Do It!” — Rapidus CTO Kazunari Ishimaru on the future of Japan's advanced semiconductors CTO Kazunari Ishimaru -
2025.04.01 Moving into pilot production for world-leading 2nm logic chips CEO Atsuyoshi Koike
Technology
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2026.03.24 How Semiconductor Transistors Work: The On/Off Switches Powering Our Digital Society -
2026.03.24 The Core of the AI PC: NPUs Enabling a Richer, More Convenient Society Without Cloud Dependence -
2026.02.27 What Are the Raw Materials of Semiconductors? The Secrets of Their Purity and Diversity -
2026.01.26 What is an NPU? Understanding the Differences Between CPUs, GPUs and NPUs -
2025.12.23 The Future Unlocked by Semiconductors: Innovation Expanding into Tomorrow -
2025.09.10 2nm semiconductor challenges: Exploring Rapidus’ technological breakthroughs -
2025.07.11 Why is Semiconductor Design So Hard? – A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Rapidus' High-Speed Chipmaking Process -
2025.07.11 What are AI Semiconductors? Power Problems in Data Centers and Game-Changing Technology -
2025.07.02 What are Chiplets? - The Key Technology Behind Next-Gen Semiconductor Manufacturing -
2025.07.11 Rapidus' Vision: 100% Single-Wafer Processing for Next-Generation Chip Manufacturing