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Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) strives to create a vibrant and forward-looking community equipped with the latest industry and technical knowledge in Singapore and the region. As part of this dynamic approach to knowledge sharing, we have launched the Singapore Semiconductor Voice, a magazine by the industry, for the industry.

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SSIA HR Roundtable – Emerging Stronger for a New Normal

SSIA HR Roundtable – Emerging Stronger for a New Normal

Over 40 HR Heads of the industry and partners joined the SSIA HR Roundtable with the theme ‘Emerging Stronger for a New Normal’ on 15 April 2021. Topics discussed included the latest hiring trends and initiatives supporting the company workforce facing the shifting...

Workforce Singapore’s Volunteer Career Advisors Initiative

Workforce Singapore’s Volunteer Career Advisors Initiative

Workforce Singapore’s new volunteer Career Advisors initiative aims to provide individuals with peer-level support and career guidance as they seek to advance their careers or make transitions. Coming from diverse professional communities and possessing deep industry...

Electronics Industry Day 2021

Electronics Industry Day 2021

The Virtual Launch 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...

Industry

How far will you go when you’re ready for what’s ahead?

How far will you go when you’re ready for what’s ahead?

Many of today’s businesses believe that getting just any cybersecurity solution out there will keep them safe against threats. With hackers preying on companies like a thief in the night, you need a comprehensive security approach to make sure all your endpoints are...

Charting a Smart Course Toward Singapore’s Manufacturing 2030 Vision

Charting a Smart Course Toward Singapore’s Manufacturing 2030 Vision

In early 2021, the Singapore Government announced a 10-year plan to grow the country’s manufacturing sector by 50%, the amount required for the industry to keep its 21% share of GDP. Semiconductor manufacturing, one of the most complex manufacturing processes in...

Building Innovative and Enterprising Industry-Academic Partnerships

Building Innovative and Enterprising Industry-Academic Partnerships

Entrepreneurs, academics and industry experts who convened at the Singapore University of Technology and Design’s (SUTD) FIRST Industry Workshop 2021, collectively recognised that the pandemic had pushed the frontiers of entrepreneurship to its limits, but also...

People

Executive Spotlight — Say Wee Toh

Executive Spotlight — Say Wee Toh

Say Wee Toh, Head of Human Resources for the Filter Solutions Group at Skyworks sharing Skyworks’ Global Connected Community Activities In an exclusive interaction with SSIA, Say Wee, Toh, Skyworks Filter Solutions Singapore’s newly appointed Head of Human Resources...

Executive Spotlight — Dr Nick Cheng, VP of Engineering, Skyworks

Executive Spotlight — Dr Nick Cheng, VP of Engineering, Skyworks

Nick Cheng, Vice President of Engineering at Skyworks Solutions Inc. graduated with a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999, joining Skyworks the same year as an RFIC design engineer and currently manages two...

Applied Materials Is Committed to Building a Future-Ready Workforce

Applied Materials Is Committed to Building a Future-Ready Workforce

Tan Lee Sar, Managing Director, HR Business Partner Regional LeadLee Sar leads the HR teams in delivering organization and talent strategy and initiatives to enable the overall Applied Materials business in the region. She brings over 14 years of HR experience in the...

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#ChooseToChallenge

#ChooseToChallenge

The 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...

Wee Ting Yit: The freedom to disrupt

Wee Ting Yit: The freedom to disrupt

Ting Yit poses with the Validation Robot System SetupAt Silicon Labs’ Singapore office, a 65cm-high Integrated Circuit (IC) handler robot system scans semiconductor chips to ensure they are correctly positioned. Every now and again, the Valbot – short for validation...

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY DAY 2021 – WOOING CHIP TALENTS

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY DAY 2021 – WOOING CHIP TALENTS

Even as many sectors scaled back in 2020, the electronics and semiconductor industry was blazing forward. It continues to create good job opportunities and offer a variety of roles to shape the future of technology. In Singapore there are currently more than 2,800...

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