KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Malaysia is looking to
locally produce graphics processing unit chips in next five to
10 years, its economy minister said on Thursday.
"If we are able to realise the potential to downstream our
semiconductors, instead of just doing backend, we are hoping
that we can start producing made-by-Malaysia GPUs and chips in
the next five to 10 years," Rafizi Ramli told a forum.
Malaysia is a major player in the semiconductor industry,
accounting for 13% of global testing and packaging. It has
attracted multibillion-dollar investments from leading firms in
recent years, including Intel ( INTC ) and Infineon.