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

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by DigiTimes (headlines) at 08 Oct, 03:55 UTC

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…