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TSMC on alert and Singapore on the rise

Oct 31, 2024 | ft.com | Kenji Kawase |Cheng Ting-Fang |Lauly Li |Song Jung-a |Christian Davies |Kiu Sugano | +2 more

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Fujitsu invests in OpenAI rival Cohere, eyeing Japanese language model

Jul 16, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Kyoko Hariya

TOKYO -- Japanese technology group Fujitsu said Tuesday that it has invested in Cohere, the North American generative artificial intelligence startup known as a rival to ChatGPT developer OpenAI. Fujitsu and Cohere plan to develop a Japanese large language model (LLM) tentatively named Takane. The investment amount was not disclosed.
NEC's facial recognition to speed up entry at 2025 Osaka Expo

Jun 14, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Kyoko Hariya

TOKYO -- The World Expo 2025 in Osaka will adopt Japanese technology company NEC's facial recognition system for use in entry and payments, aiming to boost visitor convenience at an event expected to draw over 28 million people. Holders of an all-access pass will be able to use facial recognition by registering their photo and a payment method in advance. The system will enable them to enter the event and make purchases at shops and cafes by just scanning their faces.
Dai Nippon Printing to mass produce photomasks for Rapidus chip

Mar 26, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Kyoko Hariya

TOKYO -- Dai Nippon Printing will begin mass producing photomasks, used in printing semiconductor circuits, in Japan in fiscal 2027 for Rapidus, which aims to domestically produce cutting-edge semiconductors. The company will invest an estimated 50 billion yen ($330.3 million) to develop and mass-produce photomasks for 2 nanometer products. Photomasks are plates that let light shine through and bake circuits onto the silicon wafers that act as semiconductor substrates.
Japan's Toppan shifts image sensor component production to China

Mar 22, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Kyoko Hariya

TOKYO -- Japan's Toppan Holdings has moved production of components for CMOS image sensors from Japan to China, aiming to boost local production 40% as Beijing looks to bolster its supply chains for related technologies. CMOS -- complementary metal-oxide semiconductor -- sensors convert light captured by camera lenses into electrical signals. Among CMOS components, Toppan produces on-chip color filters (OCF) that colorize captured images and microlenses that increase light-gathering power.
Japan's Toppan to build Singapore chip package substrate plant

Mar 13, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Kyoko Hariya

TOKYO -- Toppan Holdings plans to build a semiconductor package substrate plant in Singapore and begin operations at the end of 2026, joining several other Japanese substrate makers in boosting capital investment amid booming demand tied to artificial intelligence. The Japanese printing and materials group did not disclose the investment in the plant, but the figure is estimated at 50 billion yen ($338 million).
Former iPhone display plant to make chip material for Japan's Toppan

Dec 4, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Kyoko Hariya

TOKYO -- Japanese printing and materials group Toppan Holdings has bought a factory that once made displays for iPhones and will retool it to supply products to the chip industry. Toppan acquired the site in the central Japanese city of Nomi in Ishikawa prefecture from bankrupt display maker JOLED.
Japan's Toppan eyes AI with $400m in chip, electronics investment

Nov 24, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Kyoko Hariya |Shiho Miyajima

TOKYO -- Japanese printing and materials group Toppan Holdings plans to invest about 60 billion yen ($400 million) over three years in its electronics segment as it seeks to profit from AI-driven growth in the semiconductor industry. The figure represents an increase of 10 billion yen from the prior three-year period, and makes up 30% of Toppan's planed growth investments for fiscal 2023-25, President and CEO Hideharu Maro told Nikkei.
South Korea's Naver and Kakao bet on comics apps for content growth

Nov 10, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Kotaro Hosokawa |Kyoko Hariya

SEOUL/TOKYO -- South Korean internet giants Naver and Kakao are jockeying for the lead in Japan's comics app market, aiming to use the country as a steppingstone to the greater global market as their growth at home is limited by a small population. Naver's Line Manga topped a 2022 comics app usage survey in Japan by Tokyo-based research company Mobile Marketing Data Labo. It was used by 33% of respondents, with multiple responses allowed. Kakao's Piccoma came in second at 30%.