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Semiconductor materials maker JSR Corp's board will meet on Monday to discuss a potential multi-billion dollar buyout by a government-backed fund that would mark an acceleration of Japan's efforts to strengthen its chip industry. Below are investments in Japan announced by chipmakers and measures the government is taking to revive its semiconductor industry. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) announced in November a plan to build a $7 billion chip plant on Kyushu island, with production of 12 and 16 nanometre chips slated to begin in 2024.

Semiconductors support the green transition by enabling renewable energy technologies. At the same time, semiconductor manufacturing consumes large amounts of energy, water and creates hazardous waste.

Harsh environments like high temperature, extreme pressure and corrosive or oxidizing atmospheres significantly impact the performance of semiconductor materials.

Many modern electronic devices we use daily owe their existence to the process of semiconductor doping. Doped semiconductors are the results of careful modifications that change pure semiconductor properties.

New innovative ideas coming forward out of academia and research development in the industry. there are parts of semiconductor industry where from the far east, for example, has an enormous lead on us, but there are new semiconductor materials coming through a system where we can, hopefully, develop our own areas of niche capability where we really control the supply chain, control their process right through to new ideas to development of prototypes and into real manufacturing in the uk. hopefully using this money that the government has promised, we can barely support those niche areas. perh...