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AEM sees more growth, looks to scale up chip testing capacity
It has invested in various tech firms to appeal to more manufacturers as need for more complex chips grows
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AEM Holdings chairman Loke Wai San says the Singapore-listed company - which provides Intel with equipment to test its chips - is on track to scale up new-generation testing equipment at Intel's sites before the end of the year.
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Global chipmakers have invested heavily in their manufacturing capacities of late, spurred by a spike in demand for new electronic devices such as tablets and phones that require central processing unit chips.
Meanwhile, the need for more complex chips to power electric vehicles, data centres and mission-critical functions requiring mobile technology such as traffic management systems running on 5G has also risen.
