Malaysia has become a hot spot in chip manufacturing due to tensions between the United States and China, especially around the development of semiconductors for AI applications. It is predictable that technology companies around the world have been seeking diversified sources of chips, and Arm Holdings is now looking to make the most of this opportunity.
SoftBank-backed chip manufacturers explain On Wednesday, it had signed an agreement with the Malaysian government to strengthen the country’s CHIP design ecosystem.
As part of the deal, Reuters reported that Malaysia will pay for weapons $250 million For more than 10 years, buying its chip design and technology for local manufacturers. Specifically, the country will purchase IP, which includes seven chip design blueprints for ARM.
ARM said the partnership will also see the company’s technology training 10,000 engineers in Malaysia.
Arm declined to comment on the Malaysian government’s $250 investment. Representatives of the Malaysian government did not respond to a request for comment before publication.
This move is Malaysia’s latest effort to become a center for chip manufacturing in the next decade. Malaysia said earlier this year Plan to manufacture Its own GPU meets the needs of AI and data centers.
Malaysian Government Said last May It will allocate at least $5.3 billion in financial support for its National Semiconductor Strategy (NSS) and train 60,000 engineers, the country will seek to enhance its current infrastructure, develop advanced chip supply chains and attract top global customers.
Malaysia has been in the chip industry for more than 50 years and currently provides about 13% of global chip testing, assembly and packaging services, According to Trendforce’s report This quotes the Malaysian Investment Development Agency (MIDA).
In 1972, Intel established Its first production facility outside Penang, Malaysiainvest $16 million in the meeting place. The U.S. chip giant said in December 2021 that it would invest more than $7 billion in establishing chip conferences and test plants in the country, and that architecture It is the largest 3D chip packaging facility in Malaysia. US chip company Globalfouldries has also opened New hub facilities in Penang, Malaysia in 2023and Dutch chip equipment manufacturer Neways, Plan to build a new factory in Malaysia.
In addition, many technology giants, including Google,,,,, Microsoft and Nvidia Since 2023, billions of dollars in investment in Malaysia have been announced, mainly for data centers, AI development projects and cloud services.
