- As part of its major international manufacturing expansion, GlobalFoundries, the world’s third-largest contract chipmaker, launched a semiconductor fabrication plant in Singapore this week
- Tan Yew Kong, the U.S. chipmaker’s general manager in Singapore, said the new 248,000-square foot facility can produce 450,000 300 millimeter wafers annually at full capacity
- The company expects weak global demand for chips to pick up by the second half of 2024, he added
SINGAPORE: As part of its major international manufacturing expansion, GlobalFoundries, the world’s third-largest contract chipmaker, launched a semiconductor fabrication plant in Singapore this week.
Tan Yew Kong, the U.S. chipmaker’s general manager in Singapore, said the new 248,000-square foot facility, which costs US$4 billion, can produce 450,000 300 millimeter wafers…