Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual (right) and Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI) president Dan Lachica tour IMEC’s 300-mm wafer clean room in Belgium. IMEC is the world’s leading independent nanoelectronics R&D hub. As part of its semiconductor roadmap, the Philippines aims to establish its first lab-scale wafer fabrication plant. By 2028, the country plans to train 128,000 semiconductor-related engineers and technicians to facilitate local prototyping and chip design.
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