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Hock Tan and the art of knowing what to keep
A scholarship took him from Penang to MIT. A career spent weighing technology against its earning power took him to Broadcom - and into the expensive machinery of artificial intelligence.
David Tian and the distance between a machine and a market
Galatek’s CEO is taking precision equipment across borders. A new Penang facility puts his plans for local engineers, suppliers and service on the factory floor.
SK Fong and the value of owning the idea
After decades at Intel, Altera and Broadcom, Fong Swee Kiang helped build a Malaysian chip company around intellectual property. His wager rests on engineers, patient preparation and choosing where to compete.
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.