Malaysia pushes chip-design startups to turn technology into global sales

MALAYSIA is pushing local semiconductor companies to turn chip-design capabilities into market-ready products, intellectual property and paying customers, as new industry collaborations under KL20\@Kuala Lumpur 2026 seek to strengthen the country's position in the global technology supply chain.

Silicon X and Japan's Tokyo Artisan Intelligence are exploring the joint development, prototyping and commercialisation of reconfigurable artificial intelligence (AI) chips, combining Malaysian chip architecture with advanced AI algorithms.

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