(Tokyo Composite Electric) Affected by geopolitics, the Japanese government investment institution -industrial innovation investment institution (JIC) decided to acquire semiconductor material manufacturers JSR for $ 6.3 billion (about S $ 8.5 billion), and privateized it, To directly control the leadership of this global chip manufacturing.This also highlights that Japan is increasing its strength to boost its chip industry.
Bloomberg reports that the prime minister Kishida Kishida bet on geopolitical priority will help Japan to gain a long -lost leadership position in the semiconductor field.Japan is preparing to invest billions of dollars of allowances, hoping to increase domestic chip output triplets in 2030.
JSR was established in 1957 and is the world's leading photorethers manufacturer.The acquisition may help Japan's control of compounds required to manufacture advanced semiconductors.These compounds are used to make semiconductors such as supercomputers, artificial intelligence data centers, and missile control systems, as well as electronic products such as Apple's iPhone.The government's control of key materials for powerful chips will allow Japan to have a greater influence in the continuously upgraded and split world of Sino -US scientific and technological warfare.
JSR CEO Johnson said that due to the intensified competition between customers, the Japanese materials industry needs integration and centralized resources to develop new technologies.He said that JSR and JIC intend to speed up this process and promote changes in China to better cope with global competitors.
Suzuki, a professor of the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, said: "The key is to make full use of this advantage. Therefore, the government is continuing these strategic investment. If the government takes over, it will not face the risk of overseas acquisitions.Become a national policy company. "
The increasingly rising scientific and technological protectiveism is prompted by global decision makers to seek high -end technologies that control the upstream of the supply chain.The United States has taken the lead in restricting China's advanced semiconductor, and other allies have also increased their efforts to restrict equipment and technology exports.
