Malaysia looking to locally produce GPU chips in next 5-10 yrs, minister says

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Malaysia is looking to locally produce graphics processing unit chips in next five to 10 years, its economy minister said on Thursday.

"If we are able to realise the potential to downstream our semiconductors, instead of just doing backend, we are hoping that we can start producing made-by-Malaysia GPUs and chips in the next five to 10 years," Rafizi Ramli told a forum.

Malaysia is a major player in the semiconductor industry, accounting for 13% of global testing and packaging. It has attracted multibillion-dollar investments from leading firms in recent years, including Intel INTC.O and Infineon IFXGn.DE.

(Reporting by Danial Azhar; Writing by Martin Petty)