Japan's $15B Rapidus chip bet hinges on winning customers

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentReuters reports Japan's fifteen billion dollar Rapidus chip bet hinges on winning customers. Joining us is Minister Barnaby Strutt-Okafor of the Lower Ditchwater District.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMinister, welcome.

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   Barnaby Strutt-OkaforThank you, Kenji. Any chip success anywhere is obviously thanks to my leadership. Any chip failure is the fault of whoever sits behind me.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBro, you're not Japanese, and Ditchwater has no factory. Reuters says Rapidus needs customers to win against TSMC and Samsung. Do you have any?

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   Barnaby Strutt-OkaforDitchwater has a very strong appetite for chips. Mostly the fried kind, but my office calls it a pipeline.

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   Barnaby Strutt-OkaforI take full credit for the potatoes.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's a different chip, Minister. Semiconductors. The thing in your phone. Who do you blame if the Japan bet fails?

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   Barnaby Strutt-OkaforThe previous minister, the weather, and a man named Gary. I have never met Gary. That is how deep the problem goes.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, I'm pinning you down. Did you invest in Rapidus, yes or no? Because I once put a month's rent in a dog coin.

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    Barnaby Strutt-OkaforI invested in a committee to study investing. It met twice, ate lunch both times, and I'm told it was a triumph. No further questions.