Vanguard and NXP form joint venture
VIS and NXP to Establish a Joint Venture to Build and Operate a 300mm Fab | NXP Semiconductors
🟦 Construction of a 1 trillion yen semiconductor factory in Singapore, Vanguard and NXP establish a joint venture
Taiwanese semiconductor contract manufacturer Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Netherlands’ NXP Semiconductors announced that they will establish a joint venture to build a $7.8 billion (about 1 trillion yen) 300mm wafer manufacturing plant in Singapore. The plant will manufacture products for the automotive, industrial, consumer and mobile markets and is expected to be operational in 2027.
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- Joint Venture Name: VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC)
- Investment: USD 7.8 billion
- Start of production: 2027
- Monthly wafers: 55,000 wafers
- Number of jobs created: Approx. 1,500
VIS(Vanguard International Semiconductor)
VIS is a contract semiconductor manufacturer under the umbrella of TSMC headquartered in Taiwan. We specialize in special process technologies and are good at technologies such as Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS, UHV, SOI, etc.
Main features:
- Specialized in special process technology
- Five 200mm wafer fabs in operation (four in Taiwan and one in Singapore)
- Total monthly production capacity: 300,000 wafers (200mm wafers)
- First 300mm wafer fab to be built in Singapore
🟦 Why Singapore is gaining traction as a semiconductor hotspot
In recent years, Singapore has been attracting attention as a semiconductor manufacturing base. Here’s why:
Business-friendly environment: The Singapore government is active in attracting businesses, offering low tax rates, a stable political climate, and excellent infrastructure.
Rich talent pool: Singapore has a large pool of well-educated talent, making it easy to find people with the skills needed for the semiconductor industry.
Existing semiconductor industry: Singapore is already home to several semiconductor companies, with a well-established supply chain and technology base.
Specific investment examples: Taiwan’s United Microelectronics will invest $5 billion in a microchip factory in Singapore in 2022
For these reasons, Singapore is attracting the attention of semiconductor companies around the world and is expected to become an increasingly important semiconductor manufacturing hub in the future. Southeast Asia as a whole is also attracting attention as a semiconductor manufacturing base, especially for back-end processes, and Singapore is expected to play a central role in this process.
🟦Summary
Taiwanese semiconductor foundry VIS and Netherlands’ NXP Semiconductor announced that they will form a joint venture to build a 300mm wafer manufacturing plant in Singapore. The plant will manufacture products for the automotive, industrial, consumer and mobile markets and is expected to be operational in 2027.
If Singapore becomes a semiconductor hotspot, semiconductor manufacturing in East Asia, which has been concentrated in Taiwan and South Korea, could expand to Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore and Malaysia.
