Rapidus president considering chip plant on moon around 2040

Rapidus Corp. President and CEO Atsuyoshi Koike said Thursday he is seriously considering building a semiconductor plant on the moon around 2040, citing the presence of water resources needed for chip production as a factor."This is not a joke," Koike said at an event in Washington organized by the Hudson Institute, a U.S. think tank. "I'm thinking about maybe a 2040 time frame."The head of the Japanese chipmaker, which is seeking to establish domestic production of next-generation semiconductors, showed the audience an AI-generated video depicting a factory on the lunar surface.Koike also …READ FULL ARTICLE