New S$643m facility will create 1,000 new jobs in semiconductor sector over next 12 months

A new S$643m manufacturing facility is set to bring one thousand new jobs to Singapore
in the next 12 months. US tech firm, Applied Materials, is also partnering local Institutes of Higher Learning to develop talent in the field. Caitlin Ng tells us more about Singapore's continuing push to be a semiconductor hub. Every electronic device runs on semiconductors. And the race to dominate who makes them and where, is one of the defining economic contests of the modern age. But the ongoing US-China trade war and export controls have pushed companies to look to Asia - and Singapore is a critical node in the ecosystem. Ivy Chok explains why the country is a major semiconductor player.