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Apr 5, 2016 · Two decades ago, Malaysia tried to build its own Silicon Valley. Instead, it’s workers toil in outsourced support centres. Here’s how it hopes to reimagine Cyberjaya
Despite its diminutive stature with just over 1,000 square kilometers of land area and a 1.8 million-strong population, Penang commanded an estimated 5% of global semiconductor exports in 2019, according to data compiled from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and UN Comtrade.
Cyberjaya (a portmanteau of cyber and Putrajaya) is a city with a science park as its core that forms a key part of the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia. It is located in Sepang District, Selangor. Cyberjaya is adjacent to and developed along with Putrajaya, Malaysia's government seat.
Malaysia has emerged, or rather re-emerged, as a major destination for chip investment as companies like Intel and Infineon Technologies seek to diversify their production footprints. Since Intel opened its first overseas assembly plant in Penang in 1972, the country has played an important role in the global chip industry.
May 11, 2021 · The State’s transformation, from a traditional seaport economy into the Silicon Valley of the East, began in the 1970s, when the establishment of Malaysia’s first free trade zone in the State drew key investments from eight Multinational Corporations (MNCs).
PENANG is often dubbed the Silicon Valley of the East, owing to its strong and vibrant electrical and electronics (E&E) ecosystem, which has evolved from being labour-intensive and low value-added to capital-intensive, knowledge-based and high-technology.
Aug 4, 2023 · A DEBATE is raging on Twitter about whether Cyberjaya is a success story or if it is the failed Silicon Valley of Malaysia. Cyberjaya, established in 1997, is a city focused on research and development in knowledge-based industries.
