TSMC, UTokyo Launch Joint Lab to Advance Semiconductor R&D

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) is one of the best stocks to buy for beginners now. On June 12, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing/TSMC officially launched the ‘TSMC-UTokyo Lab,’ which is a joint research laboratory dedicated to advancing semiconductor research, education, and talent incubation.

The new facility is located on UTokyo’s Asano campus in the Hongo district and marks TSMC’s first laboratory collaboration with a university outside of Taiwan. The partnership between UTokyo and TSMC has been ongoing since 2019 and initially focused on advanced semiconductor research, which has led to 21 successful research projects. The collaboration has now expanded to include semiconductor education and the incubation of next-gen talent.

A close-up of a complex network of integrated circuits used in logic semiconductors.

A major step in this expansion occurred in 2023 when UTokyo became the first Japanese university to adopt TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process technology for chip design training through the ‘TSMC N16 (FinFET) ADFP’ (Academic Design Foster Package), which is the most comprehensive educational package TSMC offers globally. A Strategic Industrial/Academic Collaboration Agreement was signed in April 2025 to systematize and promote this partnership further, concurrently launching a Social Cooperation Program at UTokyo.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices internationally.

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