More than 100 job openings at Amazon Web Services as firm deepens investment in S’pore

SINGAPORE – Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expanding its workforce in Singapore, with more than 100 job openings across its cloud business and corporate functions. The new hires – including in software engineering, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), data science and solutions architecture – will add to the 2,500 workers it currently employs here,…

Micron’s $9.5b chip plant to give Singapore foothold in AI space; will create up to 3,000 jobs

SINGAPORE – American tech giant Micron Technology has broken ground for what will be Singapore’s first plant producing advanced semiconductors vital for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The US$7 billion (S$9.5 billion) high-bandwidth memory (HBM) packaging facility in Woodlands will initially create around 1,400 new jobs and eventually up to 3,000 positions as expansion plans unfold, said…

Semiconductor start-up Silicon Box opens $2.65 billion factory in S’pore, set to hire 1,200 people

SINGAPORE – Silicon Box, a semiconductor design and device integration services start-up, unveiled its new US$2 billion (S$2.65 billion) factory in Singapore on Thursday.  The 73,000 sq m facility in Tampines is designed to manufacture semiconductor chiplet interconnections that can be applied in areas such as artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and wearables.  According to Singapore-based…