MIMOS Bhd, Malaysia's top research and development (R&D) institution, intends to transform its semiconductor division MIMOS Semiconductor Sdn Bhd (MySem) into an integrated design and manufacturing (IDM) plant capable of manufacturing semiconductors and ultimately world-class integrated circuits (ICs).
MySems new chief executive officer H.J. Lim said Malaysia had long been known as a semiconductor producer but the chips and ICs produced over the last 30 years had invariably been the property of multinational corporations and the manufacturing had actually been the assembly of printed circuit boards and silicon wafers.