The new roles are "good jobs" that will allow Singaporeans to work on frontier technologies and gain exposure to global operations, said Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong. SINGAPORE: S emiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials expects to create 1,000 new jobs in Singapore over the next few years as it expands its manufacturing and research operations to support a growing global demand for advanced chips driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking at the opening of Applied's new