Malaysia to build region’s largest chip design park in bid for top startup-hub status

[KUALA LUMPUR] With a 13 per cent market share in the global chip industry, Malaysia is set to up the ante by constructing the region’s largest integrated circuit (IC) design park. This initiative is part of the country’s strategy to advance from back-end semiconductor manufacturing to high-value front-end design work.

Additionally, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah Nasional, together with…