About Semiconductor Frontier Research Center

Semiconductors are indispensable for solving various social issues and for the digital transformation (DX) of society. It is no exaggeration to say that semiconductors are the very foundation of industry. Semiconductors are indispensable to keep society and economy running smoothly, and therefore, how to secure these semiconductors has become an extremely important issue from the viewpoint of economic security as well as energy. In particular, further performance improvement is essential for the realization of AI processing semiconductor integrated circuits, including generative AI, which has been the focus of much attention in recent years. In other words, it is essential to promote further miniaturization and integration of semiconductors. The Semiconductor Frontier Research Center (SFRC), armed with innovative semiconductor process and material technologies and state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, is developing the process and material technologies necessary to realize highly competitive semiconductors smaller than the 2nm generation (Beyond 2nm). Also we aim to realize AIST's mission of solving social issues and strengthening industrial competitiveness by implementing the developed semiconductor technologies in society as quickly as possible.