OPTION GROUP B ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING presented by K Radha Krishnan Associate Professor, EEE 25 February 2015 1 A Career that Revolutionises & Improves Lives Scientists investigate that which already is, Engineers create that which has never been. - Albert Einstein Electronics is part of our every day life Lifestyle Entertainment Healthcare 2 1
Electronics Industry is a Key Pillar of our Economy 5.4% of Singapore s GDP 3 Breakdown of Electronics Industry 27.5% of total Manufacturing Output Manufacturing Output 2012(p): S$82.8 bil Infocomms and Consumer Electronics (27%) ~65% of output is from components Semiconductors (55%) Computer Peripherals & Electronics Manufacturing Services (9%) Data Storage (7%) Electronic Modules & Components (2%) 4 2
Singapore s Electronics Industry Components Did you know?? Many electronics companies in Singapore manufacture key components for smartphones and tablets Some Examples High-end Displays: Camera Flash: Batteries: 5 Singapore s Electronics Industry Continues to Attract Investments The sector that attracts the largest share of investments 2009 2010 2011 2012 Electronics FAI S$4.9b S$5.8b S$7.4b S$6.2b Electronics TBE S$1.2b S$1.2b S$1.0b S$1.2b * Industry refers to manufacturing and exportable services; FAI= Fixed Assets Investment (typically for manufacturing); TBE = Total Business Expenditure (mainly expenditure by HQ and R&D operations) 6 3
Semiconductor Industry that Continues to Grow World s top fabless semiconductor company opens 100-RSE IC design and engineering centre. Source: The Business Times, 30 March 2012 Source: The Business Times, 5 March 2011 World s #5 fabless semiconductor company. S$120mil expansion of R&D and business operations Source: The Business Times, 6 January 2012 Source: The Straits Times, 14 April 2012 7 Semiconductor Industry that Continues to Grow Expansion of business and R&D operations in Singapore. Source: The Straits Times, 19 July 2012 Source: The Business Times, 7 March 2012 Source: The Business Times, 2 June 2011 8 4
16 of top 20 global companies have R&D, manufacturing or HQ in Singapore World #1 USA #1 CPU #1 World #2 Asia #1 World #4 USA #2 World #5 Japan #2 World #7 Europe #1 World #8 USA #3 Memory #2 World #9 USA #4 Comms #1 World #11 USA #5 Comms #2 World #12 USA #6 CPU #2 World #13 Europe #2 World #15 Japan #5 World #17 USA #7 World #17 Europe #3 World #18 USA #8 World #19 Taiwan #1 World #20 USA #9 Graphics #3 Companies representing >50% of ww semicon revenue are in Singapore 9 10 5
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13 Wide Range of Career Opportunities with Global Leaders R&D + Manufacturing Headquarters 14 7
Specialization IC Design Microelectronics IC Design Micro electronics Photonics 15 Courses in IC Design Specialization IC Design Preferably had taken Third Year: EE3012 Communication Principles EE3013 Semiconductor Devices and Processing Design Electives (Choose any 2) Technical Electives (Choose any 3) EE4303 Mixed-Signal IC Design EE4304 Radio Frequency Integrated System Design EE4305 Digital Design with HDL EE4340 VLSI Systems EE4341 Advanced Analog Circuits EE4343 Radio Frequency Circuits EE4344 Analysis & Design of Integrated Circuits EE4694 IC Reliability & Failure Analysis 16 8
Courses in Microelectronics/Photonics Design Electives EE4613 EE4614 CMOS Process and Device Simulation by Technology CAD Workstation Based Design & Simulation Course Virtual Wafer Fabrication & Device Characterization of a 2 µm CMOS Process Virtual Process Integration for MOS Technology Development & Device Optimization Device Parameter Extraction & Layout Implementation Workstation Based Design & Simulation Course Virtual Device Characterization Transistor Parameter Extraction Circuit Simulation & Mask Layout Courses in Microelectronics/Photonics Technical Electives (Microelectronics) EE3013 EE4645 Semiconductor Devices and Processing Microfabrication Engineering EE4646 EE4647 VLSI Technology Microelectronic Devices (Choose any 3) EE4694 IC Reliability and Failure Analysis 9
Courses in Microelectronics/Photonics Technical Electives (Photonics) EE3018 Introduction to Photonics EE4648 Flat Panel Display Technologies EE4838 EE4839 Laser Engineering and Applications (Choose any 3) Fibre Optic Communications EE4840 Biophotonics 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics - Blue LED Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura They succeeded where everyone else failed! Look at long-term career plan and Job satisfaction Follow your interest & heart! Thank you! 10
21 Semiconductor Industry in Singapore 14 Si wafer fabrication plants. Including world s top three wafer foundries, 500,000 wpm, 10% of global foundry wafer capacity, three 300mm fabs. 5 compound semiconductor fabrication plants. 20 semiconductor assembly & test operations. 3 of the world s top 6 outsourced semiconductor assembly & test companies 80% of the world s enterprise hard disk drives. 40% of the world s hard disk media volume. 11
Photonics Industry in Singapore Many overlaps with the microelectronics industry. Solar cells, LEDs, displays, sensors, etc. Singapore aims to become the Regional Centre of Excellence in all aspects of Photonics. Dual center in collaboration with World-renowned Univ. of Southampton Photonics institute setup in NTU Graduates & post-graduates needed to support this new growing industry. Photonics Industry in Singapore Estimated output S$1.2 billion Communications Sensing, Test & Measurement Security, Defense Advanced Displays Solid State Lighting Electronics Mfg Services Tinggi Tech Nejilock 12
Job Opportunities Microelectronics A Broad Spectrum of Job Opportunities across the Value Chain! Future of Electronics: New Growth Areas Printed Electronics Logic & memory, display & lighting, power, sensors STMicroelectronics BASF Bosch Terra-Barrier Green Electronics Green computing, lighting, EV, and energy harvesting STMicroelectronics Infineon Philips Lumileds Bioelectronics Biochips, biosensors and medical electronic devices STMicroelectronics Fluidigm Nitto-Denko Veredus Security Physical security, information security, electronic security systems STMicroelectronics Gemalto Infineon 13
Recent Investments in New Growth Areas Infineon sets up S$14m R&D facility in Singapore Panasonic Electronic Devices Co. Ltd. sets up its first overseas corporate R&D centre SSMC to expand capacity and conduct R&D with on specialty wafers STMicroelectronics expands operations for new growth areas in Singapore Green Electronics and Security R&D centre for creating unique Asian solutions Develop solutions for renewable energy systems and secured wireless applications Green Electronics and Bioelectronics Focus on developing solutions for medical, energy and environmental applications Total S$20mil investment Security US$30m investment to shift from plain vanilla wafers to specialty wafers for applications such as biometric chips Across all new growth areas IC mfg for analog, smart power and power technologies; Production of Biosensors R&D centre for plastic electronics, smartcard ICs, and portable diagnostic toolkits 14