Malaysia's chip push: a new island and pressure from Washington and Beijing

newsDigiTimesOct 8, 2026

Malaysia's plan to climb the semiconductor value chain is colliding with two constraints: a shortage of land in Penang, the heart of its chip industry, and mounting pressure to pick sides in the US-China technology contest. Off Penang's coast, developers ar...

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