Industry Findings: Malaysia’s recent IC Design Park expansions and policy pushes are converting the country’s long assembly strength into higher-value design and test capabilities. This elevates local design houses and OSAT partners to support prototyping and validation of accelerator IP, reducing reliance on overseas test facilities and speeding prototype cycles for domestic ASIC initiatives.
Industry Progression: Malaysia launched a second Semiconductor IC Design Park and Advanced Chip Testing Centre in Cyberjaya in Nov-2025, creating a domestic testing and validation corridor for chip design and reducing prototype transit time to foreign labs. This materially shortens time-to-market for local ASIC and accelerator designs and attracts collaboration with foreign IP and foundry partners.
Industry Player Insights: Ongoing IC Design Park expansion initiatives, together with new Arm licensing activity and domestic OSAT participation, are strengthening Malaysia’s semiconductor design and prototyping environment. These developments enable faster validation cycles for accelerator IP and expand opportunities for limited-volume production runs.