Toshiki Kawai
Tokyo Electron Limited, Representative Director, President & CEO
For the Development of a Dream–filled Society
In recent years, digital devices such as PCs and smartphones as well as networks, have made remarkable advancements in society, enabling us to utilize various internet and platform services. Through these services, data accumulation is progressing, and it is predicted that applications requiring large–scale calculations, such as AI, autonomous driving, and virtual reality, will become technology drivers in the future. At the core of the evolution of these digital technologies lies semiconductors. The expectations for technological innovation in semiconductors are endless, including further advancements in capacity, speed, reliability, and low power consumption. The semiconductor manufacturing equipment market in which Tokyo Electron (TEL) participates is expected to continue expanding along with the development of the semiconductor market.
TEL set a new vision of being “a company filled with dreams and vitality that contributes to technological innovation in semiconductors” on the occasion of celebrating our 60th anniversary last year. Leveraging our expertise, we aim to expand long–term profits and continuously improve corporate value by continuously creating high value–added cutting–edge equipment and technical services.
As a collaborative project with Tohoku University, we have long been promoting exchanges in the field of semiconductors in terms of personnel and technology. We also deeply appreciate the significance of Tohoku University's full–fledged visitor research program, “Tohoku Forum for Creativity (TFC),” which was the first of its kind introduced by a Japanese university. TEL has been providing support for this program since its establishment in 2013.
TFC brings together world–class researchers, including Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners, and advances various research fields with the aim of achieving a sustainable society. By leveraging the partnership with TFC and combining the diversity of perspectives and high–level academic expertise with the resources that our company possesses as a corporation, we aim to create new value and contribute to the realization of our vision. Furthermore, through this program, we also hope to contribute to the development of individuals who can think from a global perspective by creating opportunities for young researchers who will lead future research.
We hope that TFC will continue to serve as a gathering place for highly influential world–class intellects and make a significant contribution to the development of a society full of dreams.