| Leading-edge Semoconductor Technology Center | |
| Headquarters: | Chiyoda, Tokyo |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Tetsuro Higashi |
| Leader Title2: | Academic leader |
| Leader Name2: | Makoto Gonokami |
| Website: | https://www.lstc.jp/index.html |
The Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center is a semiconductor research institution based in Japan. It is funded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and was established in December 2022.[1]
The organisation's primary goal as of 2024 is to establish a domestic semiconductor industry ecosystem by developing design, device, manufacturing, and equipment/material technologies for product realisation in collaboration with domestic and international institutions, using the 2 nm process node manufacturing technology and pilot line under development with short TAT (turnaround time).[2] In February 2024, it was announced that the organisation would receive an additional 45 billion yen research grant from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.[3]