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SINGAPORE
SEMICONDUCTOR
Volume 13
VOICE
T05SS0291A
BEYOND RECOVERY:
Leadership for A
More Inclusive
And Resilient
World
#ChooseToChallenge Semiconductor The Freedom
Tradewinds to Disrupt
Foreword by Executive Director
T
here are major shifts in opportunity for us to bring back has formed a committee chaired
the semiconductor industry the attention and vibrancy to the by industry leaders from MNCs to
triggered by the pandemic, semiconductor industry, and if we achieve this goal.
and prior to that, the trade tension do it right, an excellent opportunity
between the US and China. to further grow our industry. As we The first quarter of this year
These events have exposed the start to see the light at the end has been a busy period for the
vulnerability of our industry's of the tunnel with regards to the Secretariat team. We organised
ecosystem. As Brené Brown pandemic, we should be excited to the Electronics Industry Day 2021
would put it, "vulnerability is start envisioning a new bright future and most recently, the inaugural
the birthplace of innovation, for our industry. How could we play Semiconductor Women's Forum
creativity and change". Indeed, our part in shaping this future? 2021. Both events achieved record
our industry's current situation participation. SSIA will continue to
presents a lot of opportunities not The Singapore Government has focus on developing and growing
just for companies, but countries to announced this year's budget our talent pool, with additional
strive in the technological space under the theme of "Emerging initiatives supporting the culture
in the future. Stronger Together", with a clear of diversity and inclusivity. This will
focus to accelerate structural hopefully encourage more female
A recent study by Boston Consulting adaptations and transformation talents to join the industry.
Group, as reported by SIA, has with a long-term view in mind.
shown that semiconductor With a similar vision, we aim Finally, I would like to thank all the
manufacturing will grow by over to help our companies emerge companies who have supported
56% globally in the next decade. stronger post-pandemic, and us by sponsoring our initiatives.
Recent news surrounding global seize the opportunity to make It has helped fund our operations
semiconductor chips shortage Singapore a major semiconductor and grow our workforce to support
impacting the automotive and and electronics hub in the world. the industry further. I would also
many other industries has also Over the coming weeks, we will be encourage companies to join our
shocked many industry leaders announcing a slew of initiatives network and consider signing on as
and governments. The interest and activities that will help our a member. Do reach out to my team
level in our industry today hits businesses connect both locally at secretariat@ssia.org.sg for more
one of its highest levels. It shows and internationally. To facilitate information about the members'
the significant impact a tiny the industry to grow continually, network. Thank you, and as always,
semiconductor chip brings to our SSIA will strive to help strengthen please stay safe and healthy!
lives. I see today's situation as an our local ecosystem further. SSIA
EDITORIAL TEAM SSIA BOARD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARKETING & SENIOR PROJECT Andrew Chong (Chairman)
Ang Wee Seng COMMUNICATION MANAGER EXECUTIVE Brian Tan (Vice-Chairman)
weeseng@ssia.org.sg Gillian Cheng Rebecca Foo
gillian@ssia.org.sg rebecca@ssia.org.sg Jerome Tjia (Secretary)
STRATEGIC Jennifer Teong (Treasurer)
PROGRAMS DIRECTOR HR MANAGER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT KC Ang (Board Member)
Julie Koh Patsy Tan Cindy Chong Rajan Rajgopal (Board Member)
juliekoh@ssia.org.sg patsy@ssia.org.sg cindy@ssia.org.sg
Chen Seok Ching (Board Member)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SENIOR BUSINESS DESIGNED BY Terrence Gan (Board Member)
PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd
Daphne Leong Jasmine Tai www.superskill.com
daphne@ssia.org.sg jasmine@ssia.org.sg
Vol 13 Singapore Semiconductor Voice 3
CONTENTS SSIA UPDATES BEYOND RECOVERY: LEADERSHIP FOR
MORE INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT WORLD
INDUSTRY
06 32
Electronics Semiconductor
16
Industry Day 2021 Tradewinds - January
03
Foreword by the #ChooseToChallenge to February 2021
Executive Director
12 41
SME Local Ecosystem Improvement New SSIA Member D-SIMLAB
18
Committee & Singapore SSIA Launched The TECHNOLOGIES Optimizes
Semiconductor’s Intelligent First Semiconductor Capacity Planning and
Manufacturing Framework Women’s Forum Material Flow Execution in
Semiconductor Manufacturing
13 22
Workforce Singapore’s Wisdom of the Global
42
Volunteer Career Advisors Leadership Expert = Biggest The Sky’s The Limit
Initiative Stumbling Block for Leaders With Redinox
30
Xilinx's Women's
45
Group Industry 4.0 & The
Smart Factory: Looking
Beyond SECS/GEM
PEOPLE
46
Nongsa D-Town
Launched in Singapore-
Indonesia Tech Park
48
A Chat with the SSIA Secretariat
Team Member - The Story of
Jasmine’s Career Journey
50
Wee Ting Yit: The
Freedom to Disrupt
52
Lim Chee Kien:
Learning Has No
Finish Line
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SSIA UPDATES SSIA UPDATES
Electronics EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Electronics Industry Day Virtual Launch
Industry
Day 2021
The Electronics Industry Day 2021 closed
with great success with the support from JTC
and e2i. Over 1,500 participants including
students from various Institutes of Higher
Learning and job seekers joined the events
and activities held from January to March
2021 get insights on finding their dream jobs
in the sector. Snapshots at
the Launch
THE VIRTUAL LAUNCH
T
he event's virtual launch was graced by Mr.
Alvin Tan, Minister of State, Ministry of Trade
and Industry & Ministry of Community,
Culture and Youth. The presentations, plant tours Industry and Career Talks
at Infineon and Micron, as well as online games
helped participants understand more about our Another event was the Industry Talk with Sembcorp
industry and the career choices available. Industries Ltd, Lam Research and and Institute of
Microelectronics (IME) of A*STAR. Besides, two career
Dialogue Session with MOS Alvin Tan talks for University, Polytechnic and ITE students
were conducted with the support from ams, Realtek,
After the launch, over 120 industry leaders had SSMC and Xilinx. Representatives from the companies
an engaging session with Mr Alvin Tan discussing shared their employment and internship opportunities,
the semiconductor industry's challenges. Mr Ang and answered the questions on what it took to make a
Wee Seng, SSIA Executive Director, reported the real impact as an engineer in the sector. There was also
readout of a recent SSIA industry pulse survey. He a Live Chat with Jabil and their
said the industry has been fortunate that it was potential candidates.
not badly affected by the pandemic compared to
other industries. Challenge in hiring local talent SSIA secretariat will continue to create a vibrant
was one of the topics discussed during the dialogue environment for our industry. One of such events will be
session. SSIA will work closely with companies and the Semiconductor Business Connect 2021 in July 2021.
government agencies to address this issue. More details will be announced soon. Virtual plant tours at Infineon and Micron
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SSIA UPDATES
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS top 10
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~46,700 ~7,800
total employees R&D employees
leading player
in automotive, systems for power
management and drives, sensor systems,
connected secure systems, wireless combos,
differentiated memories
career portal
Dialogue Session with MOS Alvin Tan
Industry Talks and Career Talks
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SSIA UPDATES SSIA UPDATES
SME Local Ecosystem Improvement Workforce Singapore’s W
orkforce Singapore’s
new volunteer Career
Advisors initiative
Committee & Singapore Semiconductor’s Volunteer Career Advisors
aims to provide individuals with
peer-level support and career
guidance as they seek to advance
Intelligent Manufacturing Framework Initiative
their careers or make transitions.
Coming from diverse professional
communities and possessing
deep industry experience, the
Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) strives of manufacturing approach, volunteers can provide sector and
to address the industry’s challenges with its ongoing and new manufacturing performance occupation-specific career advice
initiatives. To create a more vibrant industry landscape with more indices, required intelligent to peers, and connect them with
activities and outreach to companies in our local ecosystem, SSIA manufacturing capability to achieve useful government programmes
has set up an SME Local Ecosystem Improvement Committee semiconductor manufacturing and services. Through the
headed by KC Ang, SSIA board member and SVP, Global Fab excellence, system framework volunteer Career Advisors,
Operations of GlobalFoundries. The committee is supported by a for effective development workers can also learn about the
team of industry leaders to strengthen the local semiconductor of intelligent manufacturing key insights on industry trends
ecosystem through closer collaboration between semiconductor management system and effective and emerging skills, and make
manufacturers and their suppliers. transformation of semiconductor informed career decisions with
industry via fast integration of greater confidence.
T
he first objective of the career fair launched by SSIA and new Industry 4.0 capability into
committee was to extend e2i. It helped increase awareness semiconductor manufacturing. If you are uncertain about how
the strategy for improvement of the semiconductor SME local More details will be updated on the to navigate your career
to the SMEs’ network. The ecosystem to potential talents. SSIA website later. pathways in the Electronics and
opportunities include increasing the Moving forward, SSIA will invite Semiconductor sector, Workforce
awareness of the semiconductor SMEs to participate in the coming Singapore's volunteer Career
SME local ecosystem to potential Semiconductor Business Connect Advisors initiative is here to help.
List of organisations
talents, deploying automation in July 2021 to explore business The Singapore Semiconductor
participating in the
to improve the repetitive manual collaborations, with the theme Industry Association has been
SME Local Ecosystem
tasks, and the digitalisation of Riding through the Waves of I4.0 - working closely with Workforce
Improvement Committee
workflow to improve planning Enabling Intelligent Manufacturing. Singapore to build a pool of
and execution. volunteer Career Advisors to
Aircond Network
Singapore Semiconductor’s support your career journey.
Applied Materials
Kinetics, Richport and the SSIA Intelligent Manufacturing
Denselight
team visited the Advanced Framework Making career decisions alone can
GlobalFoundries
Manufacturing Centre at Temasek be daunting. With the guidance
Infineon
Polytechnic in January 2021 to To help companies, especially from our volunteer Career Advisors,
Kinetics
view use cases and demonstrations SMEs, implement digital solutions it no longer needs to be. If you wish
Micron
of autonomous transporter into their business processes, SSIA to be connected with a volunteer
Richport
systems, robotic automation has set up another committee Career Advisor from the Electronics
Singapore Semiconductor
and metal 3D printing. The visit headed by Jonathan Chang, and Semiconductor sector, please
Industry Association
helped participating companies Assistant VP - IT & Intelligence visit https://go.gov.sg/vcai-app.
explore collaboration with the Management of Vanguard to
Institute of Higher Learning for their define Singapore Semiconductor’s
digitalization transformation, Intelligent Manufacturing SOURCE OF SOURCE OF CONTENTS
in a more practical and cost- Framework, with support from CONTENTS
effective way. institutions, particularly Singapore
Polytechnic. The committee will
During the Electronics Industry publish a paper on the Framework,
Day 2021 events, SMEs were also which consists of several
invited to participate in the virtual sections including introduction
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The
Climate
Is
Changing
ARE YOU PREPARED TO GO GREEN?
Act today, learn more at
MakeEveryDropCount.gov.sg
#ChooseToChallenge
T
he theme of International Women's Day 2021 was ‘Choose To Challenge.’
"We can choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequity. We can
choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we
can all help create an inclusive world. From challenge comes change, so let's all
choose to challenge.” said the organisers of the International Women's Day global
collective movement.
In Singapore, various indicators such as women's literacy rate, labour participation
rate and proportion of women among Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) graduates
have shown women making a lot of progress. "50% of IHL graduates are female
graduates. The question is where have they gone? They don't seem to be in the
semiconductor industry,” said Ms Sun Xueling, Minister of State for Education and
Social and Family Development, in her speech at the Semiconductor Women's
Forum. She encouraged HR teams, leaders and managers to play their part to have
more women in the workplaces and support women in their career. She mentioned
more male staff could be invited to be part of this journey, as their involvement
and support of the women around them would go a long way towards a supportive
workplace culture.
Ministry of Social and Family Development has dedicated 2021 as the Year of
Celebrating SG Women. It encourages all of us to come together as a community
to take stock of the progress of our women, our society, and how we can
continue to support these aspirations. It is also important for companies in the
semiconductor industry to recognise the significance of having more women in the
sector. More so, now than ever, for us to emerge stronger from COVID-19.
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Design Engineering & Country Head
– India, AMD, and Olivia Koentjoro,
Director of Intellectual Property
Analytics Center of Excellence,
Global Law Department, Applied
Materials.
“In 2013, GF established the
GLOBALWOMEN (GW) network with
a mission to create a sustainable Over 700 participants joined the event
framework for the professional on-site and online
development of women at GF.
GW is a vital part of our inclusive retention of female talents and
culture and has now evolved into acting as a development platform
an alliance that includes women for future Applied female leaders,”
and men who actively work as allies said Olivia from Applied Materials.
MOS Sun Xueling graced the for women employees. There is a
Semiconductor Women’s Forum strong need for corporates to place “Micron is utilising new tools
‘balance for better’ as a priority by to promote diversity in talent
SSIA Launched The
‘GSA: Women in the Semiconductor a culture in which women have institutionalizing support groups acquisition and reinforce Micron’s
Industry’ conducted by GSA and equal opportunity to achieve their on mentoring and professional inclusive culture, such as modifying
Accenture in 2019 and 2020 showed potential in a meaningful career,” development of women engineers,” job descriptions to weed out
a significant under-representation said Andrew in his welcome said Soh Yun from GlobalFoundries. unconscious gender bias, using
First Semiconductor
of females with the highest in speech. He said companies have AI to reduce bias in candidate
leadership and technical roles in increased their efforts in creating “Applied Materials sponsors applications, and ensuring
the industry. diversified and inclusive working Women Professional Development interviewing teams are also diverse.
environments. Some of them have Network (WPDN), which fosters The post COVID era of leadership
Women’s Forum
Supporting Female Employees also established Women Network diversity and inclusion and aims and innovation calls for a strong
During The Pandemic Chapters within their organisations to build a progressive, fair and sense of purpose and empathy, and
to encourage and support their equitable working environment we are defining our new normal,”
The recent growth and consequent employees. within Applied. WPDN is active said Cher Whee from Micron.
Diversity Is Key To Addressing Challenges shortages in semiconductors
have highlighted how critical Insights from Women Leaders
in promoting engagement and
Facing The Semiconductor Industry the semiconductor industry is in in the Industry
providing the building blocks of the
T
he Inaugural Semiconductor Women’s Forum in Singapore was products and services that impact Five reputable female leaders
launched at Conrad Centennial Singapore on 11 March 2021. in the way we live, how we work, and who have excelled in the
a hybrid format. Organised by the Singapore Semiconductor the way we enjoy our leisure. semiconductor industry shared their
Industry Association (SSIA) and supported by e2i, Workforce Singapore SSIA Chairman Andrew Chong said inspirational career journeys at the
and Global Semiconductor Alliance, the event aimed to attract more diversity is key to address these Semiconductor Women’s Forum,
female talents to join the semiconductor sector, and inspire the current urgent needs in a responsible including Jennifer Zhao, Executive
female workforce to stay and thrive in the industry. The event attracted manner. “The industry strongly Vice President and General
over 700 participants (both on-site and online) from more than 100 needs more talents to deliver the Manager, Advanced Optical Sensors
corporations and organisations worldwide. Ms Sun Xueling, Minister of vibrancy, agility and sustainability Division, ams AG, Siah Soh Yun,
State for Education and Social and Family Development, graced the necessary for success in this Technology Development Vice
event as the Guest of Honour. field during the pandemic. The President, GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF),
significant investments in building Sim Cher Whee, Vice President,
The semiconductor industry in Singapore remains a male-dominant a more flexible and empathetic Global Talent Acquisition and Talent
industry even though female leadership contributes tremendously in workplace will greatly help retain Mobility, Micron, Jaya Jagadish,
corporate sectors worldwide, as recognised by global studies. A survey and attract employees, and nurture Corporate Vice President- Silicon Panel discussion at the event
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How Can The Industry Be More Inclusive?
During the Semiconductor Women’s Forum, we asked participants to share their views by
using the padlet platform. Let’s have a look at their insights and suggestions!
Observation Make sure women have a prominent Leaders in Semiconductor industry
voice both inside and outside of the
Within my 18+ years of experience, company. Give them every opportunity Make sure women leaders are
I am in semiconductor field since to succeed, and in turn, help other MT members and leaders in
2018. What I feel that irrespective women succeed. semiconductor industry
of field, in general, trust on women
for handling critical position, is not
immensely strong and still need to
work hard to convince others with Encourage industry partners to set a Offer trainings or guidelines on how
any kind of proposal. Things are practical percentage to : to recognise and correct for implicit
changing for sure. But still long way • recruit women into the male bias.
to go to get appreciation for Women’s dominated industry
empowerment globally as women’s • put women in leadership position
are emerging everywhere! I also need within organisation
to break my glass ceiling (inside and Only with a target then the plan will be Be respectful and sensitive to others'
outside) to bring myself upfront :) The defined contribution.
seminar was inspiring!!!
More avenues to learn about career Celebrate Diversity, Embracing
Make sure potential women leaders pathways from women leaders Inclusion.
are visible to management and to
nurture them.
How to encourage more Men to Be BOLD to share your thoughts and
empower Women in this male ideas.
Proud to see so many female leader in dominant industry?
the semiconductor industry! Have a voice and speakup. irrespective
if your thoughts and ideas makes sense
or not. Speakup, because by doing that
we are empowering our fellow woman.
Equal opportunity but...
Build a support system in the industry
********************************
especially for woman who has It’s a tough industry to begin with. The
Kamala Harris reminding Mike Pence
multiple roles (work, family, child long and tough working hours that
‘I’m speaking’ is every woman in a
care) seems to be a norm in this industry.
meeting
Then in order to compete and be in
the same par with the rest, we woman ********************************
are required to do the same but our
Applause to all the women of the role and responsibilities as a mother
world. We can Rock the world! We can and at home is no less. The roles
be in safety boots and helmets at work in semiconductor are much more
and then back home put on apron with demanding which requires us to pay
pots and pans preparing good meal for more attention to work after working
the family! Cheers to all the inspiring hours or even during the weekends. Just
and motivation sharing! a food for thought
Be more conscious of biases and Give women the same treatment as
voice them the man in any organisation. Women
to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Wisdom of the Global
I asked her, “What do you see as The second is acknowledging
the single biggest stumbling block their blocks and knowing what is
for leaders today?” stopping them. I find many suffer
Leadership Expert = Biggest
from having their biggest block:
She related that the biggest their “inner voice” telling them that
stumbling block for leaders is they are not good enough, need
Stumbling Block for Leaders
their ability to master their inner more experience, or believe that
competencies or mindset. She went others are better than them? This
on to share that exceptional leaders stops many in their tracks.
think, act, and behave differently
leadership expert Payal Nanjiani than average leaders. The third is knowing the
whom I recently interviewed on my organization’s expectations and
videocast “Wisdom of Series.” What Can We Learn what you may need to upskill
or behave differently for that
Some of her insights that you That is so true, but specifically, next level? There is a difference
can consider. what does that mean. I believe moving from grade level to the
the first step that exceptional next level. In some cases, there is
By way of introduction, Payal leaders take is making the decision a significant jump; the question is,
Nanjiani is a globally acclaimed to be GREAT(exceptional) versus are you aware of the differences,
Indian-American leadership and just GOOD (Average). In my and what else is expected by the Leveraging Payal’s expertise and become unstoppable in the face of
success mastery expert. For 21 experience coaching and training organization? experience, I asked her if she could future challenges?
years, her keynotes, workshops, leaders, many have not made that give leaders one piece of advice on
coaching, and books have inspired decision yet. Many think they are Look and Behave Differently Leadership; what would that be? Three additional suggestions that
millions of people to unlock their GOOD (in their minds GREAT) and could help you build a foundation
inner leadership forces and become stop improving, developing, and So, my second question to her of excellence with your team or
successful, regardless of their learning. However, being GOOD or was, “What should leaders today organization:
title. She is the founder of Success GREAT are relative terms that only focus on with regards to the future? “Leadership is all about
Is Within Leadership; and works work when you compare yourself being unstoppable. We 4. Create rituals to reinforce this
with Fortune 500 Companies, SME’s, to others within the organization. Payal shared, “leaders will need philosophy.
Management Institutions, Celebrity Exceptional leaders always strive to look and behave differently;
all know we will face 5. Share examples of those who
Payal Nanjiani CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Government to improve and want to be GREAT they need to create a culture problems, but you can have done it.
officials, and Universities. at what they do. of excellence to prepare their 6. Celebrate successes to
The Single Biggest Block organization to deliver the best
overcome them by being reinforce the behavior.
Leaders Have & What To Do no matter what happens.” unstoppable. Leadership
About It? starts and ends with you
As we all know, the world
All of us aspire to do great things, is changing so rapidly and – so know how to be the
and many of us achieve it. However, significantly. We need to have best version of yourself
many did not manage to do that foundation of excellence
so, but why? It is because they for ourselves, our teams, and our for yourself.”
haven’t uncovered the blocks and organisations. This will allow us
blind spots preventing them from to be ready to handle the next ABOUT THE AUTHOR
achieving what they set out to disruption that may be around So here are two questions you need
do. Leadership experts have lots the corner and be aware of the to answer: Stephen Krempl
of advice to solve this; however, I same simple three steps we Global Speaker, Facilitator, Best
always find them too complicated outlined above; What are you going to do to be the Selling Author and Business
and esoteric as a leader. I like to best version of yourself in 2021? Communication Coach
offer a few simple suggestions 1. Decide,
to get over this. To help, I want 2. Acknowledge Blocks, How will you remind yourself, www.kremplcommunications.com
to share insights from a global 3. Know Expectations your team, or your organization to
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Xilinx’s Women’s Group
Professionals (ELP) proved
popular with our new hires.
Recently, we hosted a Multi-Site
Symposium where women leaders
candidly discussed the topic of
We Promote Leadership & Growth Opportunities to Realize a Meaningful Career “challenges in times of change”
and how they thrived under
these trying circumstances.
The women’s group started as a Women in As a company, we promote a culture that enables ENGAGE: We organize lunch-
Technology (WIT) initiative in 2018 with a vision employees to perform at their best, realize their and-learn sessions where
of making Xilinx a great place to work for women professional potential, and be well, both physically and our women employees share
and increasing the representation of women in mentally by: takeaways from related TED talks.
technical roles. Today, we continue to have the We have platforms to showcase
same focus and expand the vision to include Offering a range of development activities including vast experiences of our women Figure 2: The 4 Strategic Focus
women beyond technology. formal training, lunch-and-learn series, and on the employees, from managing and Areas to Empower Women
job experiences. excelling in work and personal
O
ur women’s group is comprised of 952 members life to fostering community spirit
globally, with 291 members in the Asia Pacific Encouraging open dialogue between managers through physical activities e.g. are compelled to evolve our journey
Region, of which 187 members are in Singapore. and employees on performance, development, marathon participations. for local and global relevance.
Among Xilinx Singapore employees, there is a 2:3 and career aspirations that are foundational to our The prospect excites our women
female/male ratio, higher than industry’s average of values of Excellence, Teamwork, and Accountability. INVEST: Being a part of the local community.
1:4. At managerial level, female representation stands community, we strive to positively
at 33%. These are baselines for awareness as we The Imperatives to Empower Women influence our communities via Thriving in 2020
progress as an organization (Figure 1). active corporate citizenship and
At Xilinx, developing and promoting female leadership employee giving. We actively 2020 has been unprecedented in
XILINX CARES deeply about maintaining a diverse is a priority. We focus on initiatives to elevate, promote engage with local higher education so many ways. We found new ways
and talented workforce that reflects a broad range and develop women at all levels. In championing institutions through an All-Female to work with one another, new TED x NTU Sponsorship
of backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, gender women empowerment, Xilinx identified four strategic Thematic Hackathon and TEDxNTU ways to engage our teams, new
identities, and ethnicities. We are dedicated to focus areas – Attract, Develop, Engage and Invest event sponsorship. ways to deliver our products and
providing a work environment where all individuals are (Figure 2). operational goals. 2020 also saw
treated with respect, dignity, equality, and inclusion. The Insights a group of passionate individuals
These set the direction to create effective inclusion and who rose to the occasion and led
is the backbone of ongoing activities. It is worth noting that our efforts to innovate and encourage
leadership team is dedicated our female employees to be the
ATTRACT: We partner with organisations that support and deeply connected to the best of who they are so that they
the representation of women and underrepresented program. Our Chief Technology and can contribute to the dynamic
groups globally such as Society of Women Engineers Chief People Officer serve as the environment, and continue to
(SWE), and Center for Women in Technology (CWIT). Women’s Group Executive Sponsors. be the best mother, spouse, At the first ever All-Female Thematic
In Singapore, we partner Women@NTU (Nanyang At the regional level in China, India, daughter, friend and colleague Hackathon
Technology University), National University of Ireland, Singapore and the United that they already are every day.
Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Semiconductor States, an advisory committee We acknowledge the phenomenal Figure 3: Xilinx WIT Organised Events
Industry Association (SSIA). comprising senior female leaders work that they have done in this
work closely with champions to pandemic year putting forth
DEVELOP: We offer targeted and individualized lead Xilinx WIT. While progress can event after event (Figure 3), and
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development opportunities and mentoring. In be brought about relatively rapidly not ceasing to lead the site with
Singapore, an organic mentorship program supports with the right set of initiatives, thoughts and actions to celebrate
our female employees’ development with training, strengthening engagement to our diversity and innovative culture.
resources and conference opportunities to promote achieve impact will take years. We We look forward to greater things in
Figure 1: Employee profile in Xilinx Singapore leadership skills. Talks on empowerment to Entry Level acknowledge this and as leaders, our WIT core team!
30 Singapore Semiconductor Voice Vol 13 Vol 13 Singapore Semiconductor Voice 31EMBRACING THE CHANGE MAKERS IN SSMC WHERE DIVERSITY & INCLUSION ARE VALUED On 8 March, we celebrated International Women’s Day and honoured 12 iconic women in SSMC for their outstanding contributions. In SSMC, we #ChooseToChallenge gender stereotypes and bias, staying committed to influence others’ beliefs and actions for a gender equal world. Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company | #IWD2021 #ChooseToChallenge
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Semiconductor
expand its 3D material research.
Samsung is reported to be looking
to spend US$17 billion on a new
US fab with Texas being the most
Tradewinds
likely site. UMC, Vanguard and
ASE have also announced plans
to increase capacity this year. It
is a good time to invest in new
January to
manufacturing facilities with the
US, Europe and Japan governments
all looking at offering incentives to
attract local manufacturing Fabs.
February 2021
The governments look to offset the
current dependence on Taiwanese,
South Korean and Chinese
production, which the pandemic
and recent semiconductor shortage
What a difference a year makes. This time last have highlighted.
year, the COVID-19 pandemic had just struck which reacted late to ordering both MKS instruments and II-VI also
in China and the world was struggling to keep parts, as semiconductor chips entered into a three-way battle It is looking like the Year of the
semiconductor supply chains open. China’s need a lead time of up to 6 months. for Coherent which now valued Ox should be a good year for the
factories were struggling to get staff back to While many automotive suppliers up to US$6.5billion. Renesas has semiconductor industry as the
work and reopen after Chinese New Year, and have been hit by shortages, Toyota, agreed to acquire UK chip designer world’s population starts to get
even if goods could be produced, it was hard to the originator of Just in Time Dialog in a deal worth around vaccinated. Let’s hope that life can
ship them due to a shortage of flights. (JIT), said it is not impacted. The US$5.9 billion. Sensor manufacturer start to get back to normal and
company said it has stockpiled Teledyne will acquire thermal travel can resume at least by the
F
ast forward a year, the semiconductor industry enough parts as part of its business imaging sensing company, Flir end of the year.
is booming and we now have supply chain issues continuity plans including regular Systems, for around US$8 billion.
due to demand outstripping supply despite risk assess to its inventory levels. Qualcomm announced it will buy
foundries and OSATs reporting record results. We still server CPU start-up developer
have COVID-19 but we are learning to live with it even Even though foundries such as Nuvia for US$1.4 billion, whilst
whilst countries are still in lockdown and vaccination have temporary shutdowns or reduce production. TSMC and UMC have offered to Applied Materials increased
programs are being rolled out in countries worldwide. This reduction in output is forecast to cause up to increase capacity to support the its offer for Kokusai Electric to
All the leading foundries and OSATs are reporting US$60 billion loss in revenue for the global automotive demand, it will take many months US$3.5 billion after it failed to get
full utilization. Lead times are increasing drastically industry this year. This issue started a year ago to bring it online and is not helped regulatory approval from China by
and in some cases, prices are also increasing. The when automakers around the world closed their by an increase in equipment’s lead its December deadline.
problem is not just at the foundries and OSATs, but even facilities and cancelled orders for automotive chips times. Therefore, it looks like the
getting semiconductor raw materials is an issue due to due to the COVID-19 outbreak. It led to semiconductor strong demand for semiconductors Capital Expenditure
drastically rising material prices and increasing lead manufacturers diverting manufacturing to other is now expected to last, not just in
times. Prices for basic materials used in semiconductor sectors which were booming, like data centers and the first half of 2021, but throughout With the strong semiconductor
manufacturing are rising. The gold price has risen home consumer devices driven by the work and study the whole year. market outlook, many companies
around 15% in the last year whilst copper has almost from home culture. In the meantime, demand for have announced or are planning
doubled in price since March 2020. automotive has come back especially driven by China, M&A Activity to increase capacity and start
and the automotive industry didn’t predict the recovery. building new fabs in 2021. Both ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shortage of Semiconductor ICs for the With the sudden increase in demand, orders from The strong merger and acquisition TSMC & Samsung are looking to
Automotive Industry automakers increased substantially. However, demand activities seen in the second half build new Fabs overseas. TSMC last
for consumer electronics, especially smartphones, of 2020 led to US$118 billion being year approved plans to build a 5nm Mark Dyson
Overall, this has led to a shortage of semiconductor continued to be strong simultaneously, leading spent, making 2020 a record year Fab in the US in Arizona, which is Head of Global Subcon
devices across the market. The most publicized is the to orders competing for the same semiconductor and spending has continued into expected to open in 2024. TSMC Manufacturing of
shortage of semiconductor ICs for the automotive capacity. The issue is not only the lack of capacity, but 2021. Lumentum agreed to acquire has also recently announced it Osram Optoelectronics
industry causing automotive plants worldwide to also the lack of planning by automotive companies, Coherent for US$5.7 billion before will set up a subsidiary in Japan to
34 Singapore Semiconductor Voice Vol 13 Vol 13 Singapore Semiconductor Voice 35ams audio solutions ams medical solutions
Pure music. Testing reinvented.
ams Digital Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) solutions deliver best-in-class leading ambient The widespread use of Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs) is based on their simple design, which allows
noise reduction, significantly improving sound quality for portable consumer devices. these tests to be produced and used in an affordable cost-effective way and at high volumes.
ams Digital Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology tunes out ambient noise through market ams brings innovation to this market by introducing a proprietary, small, and cost-effective spectral
leading ANC performance >40dB. The technology simultaneously tunes in speech and music with sensor that improves the performance of LFTs. This is achieved by increasing the optical sensitivity,
its natural and boosted transparency modes. allowing multi-analyte detection, and enablinge different optical measurement methodologies such
as reflection and fluorescence measurements.
The ams Augmented Hearing device supports feedforward, feedback, and hybrid ANC topologies
as well as featuring Automatic Leakage Compensation (ALC) algorithms which – for the first time in The ams‘ solution is capable of measuring, for example, antibody build-up of different virus types at
the audio industry – enable for the very first time in the audio industry hybrid ANC functionality in high accuracy (Influenza, Covid-19, etc.). The goal: minimizing the amount number of false-negative
loose-fit earbuds. detections.
ams.com/active-noise-cancellation ams.com/technology/spectral-sensing“The Joint Innovation Lab with
Microsoft is one big step forward,
elevating cross-industry partnership
Semiconductors transform the tech industry. to the next level.”
Azure transforms the semiconductor industry. Dr. Cliff Hou
Senior Vice President of Technology Development
TSMC
availability. Development teams Benefits of a global platform
can focus on running the right
number of iterations, simulations, Azure experts can help architect a best-fit solution for you, reimagining
and regression tests in smaller your experience with infrastructure and facilitating new ways of working
windows to deliver greater with the cloud. Your current and emerging infrastructure needs are well
functionality, higher quality, and served by the benefits of the Azure platform:
more customizations.
In addition, Azure supports teams Scalability
across the development life cycle Enjoy nearly unlimited scalability, run as small or as
with agile DevOps tools and large as you need, when you need it.
Whether it’s communications, computing, electronics, automotive and entertainment – or reusable best practices that ease
the new wave of emerging technologies such as 5G, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the transition to the cloud platform
Agility
the Internet of Things (IoT) – semiconductors are the lifeblood of innovation. The insatiable and new ways of working.
Upgrade your infrastructure as often as new
demand for semiconductors has pushed global revenues past the $450 billion mark. Relentless Also, compared to the on-premises technology updates are available and gain more
competition for those revenue dollars drives schedules, productivity, and innovation. experience, Azure offers ways to power, speed and agility.
optimize the cost of ownership of
Microsoft Azure is a next generation high-performance cloud computing platform that cloud resources while maintaining Global presence
provides the infrastructure for electronic design automation (EDA) software. Here’s how we or enhancing the performance. Enable your global teams to work together. Azure
help the semiconductor industry drive innovation, sustain growth and gain the leading edge. operates 54 global regions (and growing), offering
Deep understanding of the your business unprecedented scale, reach and access.
silicon industry helps us develop
and deliver unique financial and
Security
ownership models that make Azure
Azure turns challenges into flows and comprehensive validation with foundry partners and EDA Ensure you have the right security and protections
not just a viable—but a cost-
at every stage of development. vendors to develop finely tuned for your IP. Azure provides the security, privacy, and
opportunities optimal—solution.
The new process geometries also solutions that run on Azure high- compliance protections used by 95 percent of Fortune
The exponential rise in data require massive compute power to performance computing (HPC) In addition, with the help of our 500 companies.
creation, processing, transmission address the process variability at infrastructure. long-standing partnership with
and storage is set to drive up such tiny geometries. the EDA vendors, Azure teams help Use models
demand for semiconductors over drive the optimization of resource Be flexible in how cloud delivers value to your
This requires companies to reassess
Azure creates greater
the next decade. use directly into the EDA tools, as business. Azure fully supports burst, hybrid, and
their end-to-end capabilities, from
business value
well as support innovation in EDA Azure-centric deployment, with efficient storage
The industry, however, faces its a toolchain and infrastructure licensing models. architectures for each scenario.
Research suggests that cloud-
own challenges. Shorter product perspective. enabled operations can unlock
refresh cycles, frequent evolution
more than $1 trillion in shareholder
of standards, and the constant Microsoft is working to improve
value*, through both revenue
need for more performance are the complex electronic design
growth and margin expansion. Scan to read more about Azure for
compressing the design cycle and automation (EDA) software
shortening time to market. Designs landscape, boost productivity, For example, Azure frees *Source:
the Semiconductor Industry
are growing more complex, and optimize resources, and speed up developers from the limitations of McKinsey & Company: Making the cloud pay:
How industrial companies can accelerate impact
organizations need better design time to market. We work closely infrastructure performance and from the cloudINDUSTRY
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The objective of the course is to introduce participants on how a smart urban farm can create a
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effortless and increase yields. Basic farming knowledge, techniques and maintenance processes
will be discussed. Participants will also learn hydroponics farming and enjoy hands-on session
during the course.
Who should attend?
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Wafer Fabrication in Semiconductor Industry (3 days) decision-support to manage, forecast and optimise the material plans: Based on a seven-day lot
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participants with the relevant knowledge and skills of the Wafer Fabrication process in the
solutions are implemented in numerous wafer fabs worldwide is made when PM would be best
Semiconductor manufacturing industry The courses are conducted in person.
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Who should attend?
variability in the WIP flow. This
Those who recently joined the semiconductor industry oindustry or engineering technical
or personnel under the Eletronics Skills framework enabled a dramatic reduction of
cycle times at critical equipment
Introduction to Industrial FMEA groups without incurring capacity
Eligible for Co-organized by SSIA & SP losses.
SKILLFUTURE
SKILLSFUTURE 1 June 2021
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The objective of this course is to equip participants with the knowledge of Failure Mode and
Effects Analysis (FMEA), a step-by-step approach for identifying all possible failures in a design, a In the future, enriching decision
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DEMAND
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The objective of this course is to equip participants with knowledge of fundamentals of data will certainly be at the forefront of
analytics. Participants will also be able to apply these analysis tools to their data when designing this development.
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and developing their future intelligent systems for the electronics & semiconductor industries.
he company’s success lies in deploying production-ready solutions
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