MALAYSIA’S SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY Performance, Pitfalls and Potential

2026

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This report analyzes Malaysia's semiconductor industry, highlighting its current performance, challenges, and future potential in the global market.

* **Performance:** Details the industry's growth, employment figures, and export generation over the past fifty years, noting recent investments and emerging capabilities in higher value-added sectors.
* **Pitfalls:** Identifies the industry's concentration in lower value-added assembly, test, and packaging (ATP) segments, limited patent filings for cutting-edge technology, and persistent issues with human capital quantity and quality.
* **Potential:** Explores the government's strategic initiatives, such as the National Semiconductor Strategy, aimed at boosting the sector, and discusses opportunities arising from global supply chain reconfigurations.

Tags: Malaysia, semiconductor industry, performance, challenges, potential

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