Japanese chipmaker Rapidus will help 17 companies conduct customer chip-design work, including Toshiba Information Systems (东芝信息系统).

Rapidus will support 17 companies in chip-design work for their customers. The report describes assistance to companies undertaking customer design projects. It does not report 17 completed chip designs or 17 manufacturing orders.

Three participating companies are named. They are Toshiba Information Systems (东芝信息系统), identified as a Japanese Toshiba subsidiary; Dai Nippon Printing (大日本印刷); and Toppan Printing (凸版印刷). The remaining participants are not individually listed.

The disclosed scope is design support rather than production delivery. The message provides no process-node designation, design-tool specifications, manufacturing volumes, commercial terms, or completion schedule. It also does not identify the partners’ end customers or the intended chip applications.