SHAH ALAM, Oct 22 — Selangor is set to establish Malaysia’s first test chip centre and develop seven advanced ARM-based chips in a move that is set to strengthen the nation’s semiconductor ecosystem
Selangor Information Technology and Digital Economy Corporation (Sidec) chief executive officer Yong Kai Ping said the initiative, supported by the Federal and state governments, will position Selangor as a key regional player in advanced chip design and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
“We are looking at establishing a test chip centre (in Selangor). As we (Selangor) are approaching the final approval of the ARM deal, there will be seven ARM Compute System (CSS)-level chip designs; the most advanced AI chips in Malaysia, that we are working on,” he said.
Yong was speaking during the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and the Advanced Semiconductor Academy of Malaysia (Asem) at the State Secretariat Building today.
He added that the project will involve collaboration with several leading global foundries, including TSMC, Samsung, and Intel, for chip production and advanced packaging, and is expected to accelerate talent development in semiconductor design.
Yong reiterated Selangor’s plan to set up an autonomous driving and drone testing laboratory in Cyberjaya, which will serve as Malaysia’s national test centre for autonomous mobility technologies.
These initiatives — the ARM AI chip centre and the autonomous driving lab — will open new opportunities for collaboration between Malaysian, Indian, and regional industry players.
“With these two major projects, we will grow very fast together with the industry players from Malaysia, Selangor, as well as India,” he said.
Yong noted that the state aims to position itself at the forefront of global innovation by establishing the first test chip centre in Southeast Asia and the world's first right-hand-drive autonomous driving lab.
“Hopefully, with the continued support from the central government, we will achieve something that could be the first in the world,” he said.
