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Taiwan semiconductor firm UMC pours billions into Singapore to claim a stake in the AI boom

UMC will also double its skilled employees from around 1,200 now to support the expansion in Singapore.

UMC’s new plant (left), which is next to its existing fab facility, will take its annual production of integrated circuit wafers to 1.3 million in the next few years.

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