Digitimes October 8, 2026 By DIGITIMES negative

Malaysia's chip push: a new island and pressure from Washington and Beijing

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Malaysia's plan to climb the semiconductor value chain is colliding with two constraints: a shortage of land in Penang, the heart of its chip industry, and mounting pressure to pick sides in the US-China technology contest. Off Penang's coast, developers are reclaiming a 2,300-acre Silicon Island from the sea to give the cluster room to expand, even as Washington presses Kuala Lumpur to police advanced chip flows and Chinese-linked firms are setting up in the state to reduce their exposure to scrutiny of China-origin goods.

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