Kuala Lumpur, May 11 -- The Malaysian government has allowed three local firms to access chip design technologies as part of efforts to advance its "Made in Malaysia" semiconductor initiative, marking a new step in the country's strategy to upgrade its chip industry.
The selected companies, Great Asic Technology, SkyeChip and Oppstar Technology, will gain access to four technology packages, including Arm CSS (Compute Subsystems) and Arm Flexible Access (AFA), provided by British semiconductor company Arm Holdings.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Economic Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said Malaysia aims to move beyond its traditional role in chip assembly, testing and packaging toward chip design, intellectual property (IP) develo...