Globalfoundries在新加坡裁掉300个岗位

　　元器件交易网讯 据外媒称，尽管计划了很长一段时间要在新加坡扩大业务，芯片代工制造商Globalfoundries 称为了应对当前宏观经济的疲软，要在新加坡裁掉300个岗位。

　　这次裁员人数占Globalfoundries在新加坡雇员总人数的4%。同时该公司称正在着手一个长期的规划，提高公司在新加坡300mm晶圆的制造能力。这一举措被称为“2015远景规划”，但公司并没有为这个项目提供预算。

　　Globalfoundries称计划调整当前新加坡混杂的局面，用新的工艺去更好的应对日益增长的市场，把Globalfoundries作为公司的合作伙伴而打造成具备先进的模拟、数字、高压和射频技术。这个计划最初的设想是扩大300mm晶片年生产能力接近1百万，并期望在2014年年中完成。

　　“当这个项目完成后，新加坡将能为半导体和集成器件客户提供最广泛的技术和最好的选择。”Globalfoundries CEO Ajit Manocha在一个声明中称。(元器件交易网刘光明 译)

　　外媒原文如下：

　　Globalfoundries cuts jobs in Singapore

　　LONDON – Despite long term plans for expansion in Singapore, foundry chip maker Globalfoundries said that it is cutting 300 jobs there due to a "softening of the current macro-economic climate."

　　The cuts represent about 4 percent of Globalfoundries" Singapore employee base, the company said. They were announced at the same time as Globalfoundries Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.) said it was embarking on a long-term initiative to expand 300-mm manufacturing capacity in Singapore. The initiative is called "Vision 2015" but the company did not provide a budget for the project.

　　Globalfoundries said it intends to tune the Singapore mix of existing and new process technologies to better serve growth markets and to position Globalfoundries as a partner to companies that need advanced analog, digital, high-voltage and RF functionality. The initial phase of the plan will include a capacity expansion of Fab 7 300-mm facility to be on a trajectory of nearly 1 million wafers per year. The expansion is expected to be completed by the middle of 2014.

　　"When this initiative is completed, Singapore will provide the widest range of technologies and the best choice for a broad base of semiconductor and integrated device customers," Ajit Manocha, CEO of Globalfoundries, said in a statement.