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Sidec: from online shops to silicon chips
Selangor’s digital economy company began by helping merchants sell online. Its next wager is harder: give Malaysian businesses the people, tools and connections to design what the world buys.
Jmem Tek and the secret a chip does not have to keep
The Taiwanese chip designer turns tiny manufacturing differences into device identities, then pairs them with post-quantum cryptography. Its wager: protecting the key matters as much as choosing the algorithm.
SkyeChip
SkyeChip is a Penang-based fabless semiconductor company that designs silicon intellectual property (IP) and custom application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. Founded in 2019 by former Intel, Altera and Broadcom engineers, it specialises in advanced memory-interface IP (HBM3E, DDR5, LPDDR5/5x), UCIe die-to-die interconnect, network-on-chip fabrics and RISC-V CPU IP built on 6nm/7nm process nodes. Recognised as Malaysia's first homegrown AI chip designer, SkyeChip listed on Bursa Malaysia's Main Market in May 2026 in the country's largest IPO in 16 years.
GSME
GSME (Global Semiconductor Microelectronics) is a San Jose-based semiconductor solutions company offering customized silicon, RF and power management IC design, multi-project wafer services, and turnkey chip manufacturing for fabless customers building GPUs, CPUs, IoT and wireless products.