Malaysia boasts resilient economic and industrial fundamentals, underpinned by reliable infrastructure, natural resource availability, and an established manufacturing base. In the Southeast Asian semiconductor landscape, it ranks just behind Singapore, home to cutting-edge wafer fabs, but leads the region in large-scale assembly, testing, and packaging operations
Huawei officially launched its HarmonyOS PC operating system on May 8, expanding into the computer market with a rebuilt OS featuring enhanced performance, security, and cross-device collaboration. The move positions Huawei to challenge Windows' dominance as it prepares to debut its first HarmonyOS-based PC at HDC 2025 next month
As tensions escalate between the US and China over semiconductor technology, China has placed domestic innovation in chipmaking tools at the center of its national tech strategy. In a significant milestone, Chinese firm Skyverse Technology announced that its REDWOOD-900, a domestically developed bright-field wafer inspection system, has begun shipments to several Chinese semiconductor fabs, marking a rare breakthrough in a field long dominated by foreign giants
