The "Song of Our Homeland" China-ASEAN International Media Tour 2023 visits Wintech Nano-Technology Services Pte Ltd in Singapore on Nov 25, 2023. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The "Song of Our Homeland" China-ASEAN International Media Tour 2023 visited Wintech Nano-Technology Services Pte Ltd in Singapore on Saturday.
Founded in Singapore in 2004 by Li Xiaomin and expanded into East China's Suzhou in 2012, Wintech Nano leveraged the cooperative advantages between China and Singapore. It is engaged in global in-depth development of semiconductor chip analysis and testing in specialized sectors, making it a world-leading independent service laboratory for analysis, testing, and auxiliary research and development in the semiconductor industry.
Li, chairman and general manager of Wintech Nano (Suzhou) Co Ltd, described his business as a "hospital for chips", as it detects failures or potential problems in design to improve the quality of chips.
Li said nurturing semiconductor talents is a lengthy and expensive process. He highlighted Wintech Nano's focus on cultivating fresh graduates, consistently increasing their recruitment every year and systematically accepting a large number of interns. He said future talents are crucial for the entire industry. Wintech Nano's talent cultivation plan could serve as an inspiration for the industry to focus on talent increment in the future, he added.
The "Song of Our Homeland" China-ASEAN International Media Tour 2023 visits Wintech Nano-Technology Services Pte Ltd in Singapore on Nov 25, 2023. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board, Wintech Nano participated in the Industrial Postgraduate Program with Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, and Singapore University of Technology and Design.
In 2018, Wintech Nano launched an internship training program with some domestic universities. Through this initiative in 2021, the company trained over 60 engineers for its subsidiary in Fujian province.
To alleviate the shortage of talent in chip analysis and testing, Wintech Nano and Singapore University of Technology and Design jointly established the Wintech Nano Semiconductor Academy in August 2023. They will carry out the master's research program focuses on nurturing talent in semiconductor chip analysis and testing, conducting practical courses in the fields of integrated circuit design, failure analysis, and reliability analysis.
Li said Wintech Nano aims to create an ecological effect in the future, nurturing a large number of international students annually. Even if these students do not stay at Wintech Nano or in China, they will join various major semiconductor companies globally, he added.
"In the next 20 or 30 years, the semiconductor talents nurtured by Wintech Nano Semiconductor Academy will serve as a channel for communication between China's semiconductor industry and the world," Li said.
From 2015 to 2022, Wintech Nano achieved a compound annual growth rate of 100 percent in its business on the Chinese mainland. In the future, the company will actively increase overseas investment, extend its presence to more countries, enhance international cooperation in China's semiconductor industry, and facilitate interconnection between China's semiconductor industry and the world.
