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SG chip equipment startup Applied Angstrom opens R&D hub
Applied Angstrom Technology (AAT), a Singapore firm that makes atomic precision manufacturing equipment, opened an R&D facility in Yishun on March 18 to design, test, and produce next-generation semiconductor tools.
AAT said the Atomic Precision Innovation Center is over 10,000 sq ft, includes a cleanroom, and has operated since November 2025.
Dr Richard Yang said the firm aims to enable chipmakers to produce chips for AI data centers and is targeting Singapore-based firms such as Micron and GlobalFoundries.
Investor iGlobe Partners and Enterprise Singapore backed the facility, with iGlobe chair Philip Yeo saying it strengthens Singapore’s position in the global AI race.
Singapore accounts for about 20% of global semiconductor equipment production and makes roughly one in 10 of the world’s chips while the government plans about US$800 million for an RIE semiconductor flagship.
Separately Endress+Hauser opened a calibration and technology hub in Jurong on March 18 to support product calibration training and customer collaboration in Southeast Asia.
🔗 Source: The Straits Times
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AAT’s competitive edge comes from a precise chip-making method
- Applied Angstrom Technology focuses on atomic layer etching (ALE), which removes material in extremely thin layers to support advanced chip designs such as 3D logic and memory chips, plus silicon photonics chips (which use light to move data on a chip) 1.
- ALE fits the semiconductor industry’s push into the “angstrom era”, which seeks finer manufacturing precision beyond nanometer-scale designs to deliver higher performance with lower power for uses such as AI 2.
- To improve its manufacturing equipment, the company is co-developing an AI-driven software platform with Dutch company Sioux Technologies (an engineering services firm) 1.
- The platform uses real-time data analysis plus machine learning to predict maintenance needs and improve process optimisation in semiconductor production 1.
AAT’s new facility fits Singapore’s semiconductor R&D plans
- The new facility supports Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) efforts to build capabilities such as advanced packaging and advanced photonics, including the RIE Flagship in Semiconductors 3.
- Advanced packaging combines multiple chips into a single system, and it is widely seen as important for next-generation AI hardware under Singapore’s semiconductor R&D agenda 4.
- By backing deep-tech specialists like AAT, Singapore aims for a role in a high-value part of the semiconductor supply chain as countries work to build domestic capacity in strategic technologies 5.
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