Overview

• Malaysia will invest $250 million over 10 years to access Arm’s chip design intellectual property, including seven high-end compute subsystems.
• The partnership includes training 10,000 Malaysian engineers and establishing Arm’s first office in Southeast Asia to support regional expansion.
• Malaysia aims to produce locally designed AI chips within five years, accelerating its National Semiconductor Strategy goals.
• The initiative is expected to foster 10 local chip companies with a combined annual revenue target of up to $20 billion.
• This move positions Malaysia as a key player in the global semiconductor supply chain, leveraging its non-aligned status in the ongoing U.S.-China tech tensions.