A robotic arm moves 300 mm silicon semiconductor wafers inside a sorting machine in a cleanroom at a Globalfoundries Inc. semiconductor fabrication plant.
Liesa Johannssen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S.-headquartered GlobalFoundries announced Tuesday the opening of its $4 billion expansion fabrication plant in Singapore as the contract chipmaker expects "growth in demand for essential semiconductor chips."
Singapore supplies 11% of the world's semiconductors, according to the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association.
GlobalFoundries acquired Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and took over its fabs in 2010.
The following June, the Nasdaq-listed semiconductor manufacturer said its first tool had been moved into the Singapore facility.
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Johannssen, GlobalFoundries, chipmaker, Thomas Caulfield, Caulfield, CNBC's
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Singapore, U.S, Germany