For wafer industry per se, the Gahmen invested a considerable portion of $$ into bringing the heavyweight like Hitachi and the likes into setting up their plant here. Name one heavy weight from Oil & Gas to Semi Con , SG GIC has a hand in all of the set up here.tradeees wrote:Thanks for all your valuable sharing.
How about the existence of semiconductor industry in Singapore? Personally, i found it very curious as there are a lot of Semiconductor factory here in Singapore. Is there any reason why those big companies willing to invest in Singapore instead of China, Taiwan, Vietnam or Malaysia where the labor cost is cheaper?
It depends on what level you are operating at, at the low-end its a lot more labour intensive than at the high-end which has a lot more automation in place at all steps on production.beppi wrote:Semiconductors is NOT a labour-intensive industry.
The financial environment (due to the very high investments needed to start a Fab), related experiences in the available workforce, IP protection and a reliable infrastructure are much more important deciding factors for locating a Wafer Fab than labour cost.
Singapore scores better in all of these than China, Vietnam and Malaysia. Taiwan is better than Singapore in some respects and thus has a bigger semiconductor industry.
Thanks for your valuable comment. So, can I say that Semiconductor industry are here to stay in Singapore? Maybe for the next 10-20 years? I know this sound foolish, no one can predict the future but I just want to get the general idea from everyone. Hope you don't mindbeppi wrote:Semiconductors is NOT a labour-intensive industry.
The financial environment (due to the very high investments needed to start a Fab), related experiences in the available workforce, IP protection and a reliable infrastructure are much more important deciding factors for locating a Wafer Fab than labour cost.
Singapore scores better in all of these than China, Vietnam and Malaysia. Taiwan is better than Singapore in some respects and thus has a bigger semiconductor industry.
As long as they are on the coat tails of Taiwan then they should be fine.tradeees wrote:Thanks for your valuable comment. So, can I say that Semiconductor industry are here to stay in Singapore? Maybe for the next 10-20 years? I know this sound foolish, no one can predict the future but I just want to get the general idea from everyone. Hope you don't mindbeppi wrote:Semiconductors is NOT a labour-intensive industry.
The financial environment (due to the very high investments needed to start a Fab), related experiences in the available workforce, IP protection and a reliable infrastructure are much more important deciding factors for locating a Wafer Fab than labour cost.
Singapore scores better in all of these than China, Vietnam and Malaysia. Taiwan is better than Singapore in some respects and thus has a bigger semiconductor industry.
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