# Toshiba and Rohm to invest $2.7 billion in power chip production

Toshiba and Rohm announced a collaboration to invest ¥388.3 billion ($2.7 billion) in power semiconductor production. Rohm will invest ¥289.2 billion in a new silicon carbide power chip plant in Kunitomi, Miyazaki, and Toshiba will invest ¥99.1 billion in a 300mm fab in Nomi, Ishikawa. The Japanese ministry will subsidize up to ¥129.4 billion.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2023-12-08
- Where: Kunitomi, Miyazaki Prefecture and Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $2.70B
- Status: announced
- Products: silicon carbide power chips, silicon power chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Toshiba](https://endata.com/companies/8893.md)
- [RÖHM Group](https://endata.com/companies/18449.md)
- [Toshiba](https://endata.com/companies/8893.md) (partner)
- [RÖHM Group](https://endata.com/companies/18449.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [japantimes.co.jp](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/12/08/companies/toshiba-rohm-investment-power-chips/), 2023-12-08: "Toshiba and Rohm said Friday they will collaborate in the power semiconductor business, planning to spend a combined ¥388.3 billion to expand their production with one-third of the outlay covered by the industry ministry."
- [verdict.co.uk](https://www.verdict.co.uk/news/toshiba-and-rohm-to-invest-2-7bn-in-power-devices/), 2023-12-08: "It is essential that domestic power semiconductor manufacturers work with one another to improve Japanese industry’s international competitiveness."

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