Those products – marketed as the "Creative Music System" and "Game Blaster" before the debut of the global hit "Sound Blaster" – were the de facto standards for sound on early PCs.Even Microsoft acknowledged the Singaporean company's dominance by making its own sound standards align with Sound Blaster's capabilities.The success of the products saw Creative Technology become the first Singaporean entity to list on the tech-centric NASDAQ stock exchange – a feat it achieved in 1992.The nation said it seeks to strengthen its cyber security to "equal to or surpassing the level of leading Western countries."The increase breaks down to $7 billion in cyber warfare, $7 billion for space and $6 billion to develop a multi-country next-generation fighter aircraft."