Micron 於文慶一帶的廠房

半導體企業美光擴展 Senoko 工廠規模，今天舉行開幕儀式。副總理兼經濟與社會政策統籌部長尚達曼表示，美光在本地提供很好的工作機會，國人能發展和精進技能。

Micron 於 Senoko 的新廠房

Micron Senoko

美光表示注資40億美元擴大工廠，能大幅提高內存產量，新加坡工廠負責大部分的生產。

3D NAND快閃記憶體是很多電子器材如智慧型手機、筆記型電腦等的重要部件。出席活動的副總理尚達曼表示，人力資源對我國非常重要。

副總理兼經濟與社會政策統籌部長尚達曼於開幕儀式

尚達曼表示：「這是推動我國技能創前程計劃的動力，能夠幫助大家持續地發展和精進技能。在某些階段，（國人）得學習全新的技能。「

美光在本地職員共有7500人，並將增聘500人。

- CH8/WH

根據亞洲新聞台報道 :

SINGAPORE: Chipmaker Micron Technology opened its new expanded 3D NAND flash memory fabrication facility here on Monday (Sep 26), which will substantially boost the company's capabilities to produce 3D NAND.

The technology is used in solid state drives (SSDs), which differs from spin-disk media drives. According to Micron, flash memory produced here can go up to a capacity of 2 terabytes (TB) and are used in devices like smartphones, laptops and servers.

Located at North Coast Drive, the Fab 10 facility was expanded at a cost of around US$4 billion (S$5.4 billion), which will be spread over a number of years.

Micron said it already has the capability to produce 3D NAND technology, but the increase of output at its expanded facility will be "substantial", although it declined to reveal numbers.

Output from this facility will meet majority of demand from Micron's global markets. Citing industry reports, Micron said a 75 per cent increase in global demand for SSDs is projected between 2015 to 2016.

Guest of honour, Acting Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said Micron’s expansion demonstrates the opportunities presented by the exponential growth in the creation and use of data.

Mr Tharman, who is also Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, noted that Micron's partnership with the Government is an important one, with its participation in various national programmes, including the SkillsFuture Earn and Learn and Professional Conversion Programme for the wafer fabrication industry.

Such partnerships are important for Singapore, he said. "These partnerships and investments in our people pay off over time," said Mr Tharman. "As a small, resource-constrained country, it is our human capital - and that’s each girl and boy, each man and woman, and the whole Singapore team put together - that gives us a role in the world.

"It is what motivates our national SkillsFuture initiative - helping everyone develop and deepen their skills though life, and at some points learn entirely new bundles of skills."

Micron CEO Mark Durcan, who was in town for the opening, said demand will be further fuelled by developments in things like autonomous vehicles and robots.

The company currently employs 7,500 people in Singapore, with 3,400 based at the North Coast Drive facility, and represent around 25 per cent of the chipmaker's global staff strength. Micron added that around 500 new jobs will be created with the new facility in place.

- CNA/kk

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