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Siltronic Samsung Wafer Official Opening in Singapore

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The Siltronic Samsung Wafer, a $1 billion joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Germany’s Siltronic, was officially opened last week by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. This is one of the largest 300mm silicon wafers plant in the world. The plant, located at Tampines high tech park, will gear into high volume production in 2010 with a monthly output of 300,000 wafers. By then, it will provide more than 800 jobs, from engineering to clean room operators (Ref).

The opening of Siltronic Samsung Wafer is another major milestone for Singapore semiconductor industry which consists of 14 wafer fabrication plants including the world’s top three wafer foundry companies (TSMC, UMC and Chartered) , 19 chip test and assembly plants, and about 40 design centers. The Singapore Semiconductor Industry contributes about 10% global market share of semiconductor wafer foundry output. It is currently employing ~34,000 people and accounting almost 30 percent of the electronics and engineering section in Singapore. One of the biggest challenges for the Singapore Semiconductor Industry is to source for enough talents to support the ecosystem of this industry. This is not going to be easy as new emerging industries in Singapore, such as Solar industry and Renewable Energy Industry, are draining away talents from the Semiconductor Industry. In addition, semiconductor industry is considered a mature industry and young engineering graduates would prefer new emerging industries which offer more opportunities.

Below is a video clip on Singapore SEMICON 2008 held last month.

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