Malaysia Rises as Crucial Link in Chip Supply Chain — New York Southeast Asia Network

In an article by The New York Times, Patricia Cohen reports Malaysia’s increasingly important role in semiconductor production and other foreign investment opportunities.

Malaysia is already the world’s sixth largest exporter of semiconductors, and packages 23 percent of all American chips.
“For a country of this size to be having that big an impact on the global semiconductor market is quite fantastic,” said David Lacey, director of advanced development and services at Osram, one of the world’s largest lighting companies.
Seated at a large conference table at the Sciences University of Malaysia on Penang, he rapidly pointed to the technology around the room. “There’s a TV, there are lights, there’s a projector, there are phones,” he said. “You can pretty much guarantee there is a Malaysia component somewhere.”