Japan’s chip industry reboot is being pressed to build America’s


Japan is in the midst of a major push to revive its chip sector, but its latest investments show how Tokyo is being pulled into helping the US build up its own semiconductor industry.

Japan will invest up to US$21 billion to build two chip factories in New York state, under a deal announced last week by GlobalFoundries, which is majority-owned by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala Investment Company. …

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