GlobalFoundries will open a new center of excellence in Penang — one of the biggest revelations from SEMICON Southeast Asia. The multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company already has a fab in Singapore which opened in 2022. The center in Malaysia is expected to be a hub that will oversee GlobalFoundries’s global operations.

Speaking exclusively to Tech Wire Asia, KC Ang, chief manufacturing officer at GlobalFoundries, said the office in Penang will be a step towards the company goal of using all global resources.
“Penang will be one of our global hubs that we are setting up. And to make the hubs work, AI, machine learning, and automation will become a critical success factor. We want to use Penang as a global hub and monitor worldwide manufacturing across Singapore, Germany, and New York. There will be a virtual fabric with a manufacturing control tower, where we can do remote access to the activity on the production floor,” commented Ang.

Ang also mentioned that in co-corporation with Invest Penang, they had located a space in the Bayan Lepas area. The company is currently setting up the office, which is expected to be ready in the middle of September. He added that GlobalFoundries is also recruiting employees, with around 20 trained in the Singapore fab.

https://techwireasia.com/2023/05/penang-to-...lobalfoundries/

Later Pelosi will come for 2nd visit

see...

only ph umno investment will come Malaysia

What about TSMC... Come open foundry in Johor Bahru?


Edit : Welcome Taiwan Meimei TSMC engineers. Malaysia Beta boys welcome you come Second home!

This post has been edited by skywardsword: May 26 2023, 02:51 PM

Malaysia does not has a good relationship with Taiwan I think. So no chance of TSMC setting up here.

SGS Thompson(ST) already have in Johor
MARUWA in Melaka

come Selangor please , still got many empty land here people no use.

But Penang so packed?

most of the semi cond companies go to Penang one because the supply chain is there.

Penang gonna overtake Selangor as richest state in the country soon.

Island punya cost of living almost match PJ/Subang already. Park High= Klang

Problem is.

Setup here. Not enough talent for that industry..

👀🍿🍷🤭

Office only la
maybe just 50pax stationary

time for Penang to become our capital, everyone ditch KL.

TSMC now super busy with their us factory, all incentive tak dapat, profiy kena share lagi .....

cost of living same as Selangor but salary much lower than Selangor. LOL.

mana boleh??? kedah mcm mana???

Tsmc engineer work shifts.
Worst that some anjingnia jobs

woo hoo

noice

brb

getting ready my CV

fantasy1989 rtk74

This post has been edited by ipohps3: May 26 2023, 03:10 PM

Thanks to myr dirt cheap.

Later fragile Xi Pooh Pooh and his fragile wumaos will butthurt again.

Batu Kawan most likely

edit:
https://techwireasia.com/2023/05/penang-to-...lobalfoundries/
Ang also mentioned that in co-corporation with Invest Penang, they had located a space in the Bayan Lepas area. The company is currently setting up the office, which is expected to be ready in the middle of September.

This post has been edited by LazadaGot: May 26 2023, 03:14 PM

Penang chicken rice only RM7, KL one already RM9

did they even have 7nm node?

long time haven't seen them on the cutting edge

alot of /ktard will say 'fdi mana?'
uhmmm, this not fdi meh?

They are setting up an office in Bayan Lepas area, not Batu Kawan..

they need a new plant to adopt new fabrication node, so lets hope for the best lol

But Penang salary 3.5k, Selangor salary 4.5k.

Penang salary now 4 to 5k already for fresh graduates.

Hope hreae giants come bukak in Klang 😎👊🏻👊🏻

But KL/Selangor area already 5 to 6k

lol but you said 4.5k

https://techwireasia.com/2023/05/penang-to-...lobalfoundries/
Ang also mentioned that in co-corporation with Invest Penang, they had located a space in the Bayan Lepas area. The company is currently setting up the office, which is expected to be ready in the middle of September.

my bad, didnt saw this

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

LRT PUN TADE MAU CIAKAP BANYAK

DUN BANANA SKIN LA U

DRIVE PENANG ROAD LIKE DRIVE JALAN TIKUS MONDOK SEE PENANGITES PATAH SIGNAL

ISLAND PPL

build HSR from SG to Penang

hate those small roads on island

dunno which plot of land

near batu maung 1 empty land beside that curry fishhead become DHL hub liao

As usual Malaysians like to complain and condemn everything, but when FDI comes in, suddenly all keep quiet.

why no kulim or jb?

when become DHL hub? just recently?

ya

recently they fence it with DHL banner

and start building

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: May 26 2023, 03:30 PM

Nahhh. They literally outsourcing sinkie jobs to my whilst paying MY wage.

Went to their booth the other day.
Kinda stupid cos job is remote but need to come to opis everyday.

Sos

Taiwan Mei Mei Numba Wan!

It's actually a good thing for Malaysia. For every job that Singapore loses, Malaysia gains.

Not for RtK. Need to help on other countries but no opportunity to go direct on site.

At least InHell will bring you around the world abit.

I got one friend, he is working in Intel penang. The company always send him to US for training and he get 2 salary/allowance, one salary in RM and another allowance in USD for him during his training in US. The training period around 1 year.

This post has been edited by 1104255: May 26 2023, 04:12 PM

remote but still masuk office? dapat remote aircond saje ke apa?

is your friend from the FAB? cuz now got lot of employees on "employee on assignment" status going to US for seeding.

but now no more

This post has been edited by ipohps3: May 26 2023, 04:19 PM

Selangor every year water problem. Problem to the company. At least Penang has Kuala Muda river

I didn't ask him where exactly is he from. He just tell me he is an engineer in intel penang and about his training in US.

Lol. Dunno.
Everyone wanna cut cost ma

Since Intel started in penang = Salah DAPIG

Taiwan Mei Mei, kybky?

later, they saport lgbtxyz+ ? how?

then u see those uncle aunty beep beep left right no signal

the only lrt they got is go up down bukit bendera topkek

ayam not anjing liar

but global foundry macam behind tsmc, samseng, intel right

their chipsets are big ass size nm

For automobile & IoT no need small nm, no?

Only behind TSMC and Samsung. Global foundries is no 3rd.

Penang good, gaji 2.5k "talent" can squeeze them til death. That's like what, US$450? A janitor is more expensive in US lol.

I see so many jobs open in Penang.

Damn, I envy Penang.

Last time, my co bring in a lot of China mei mei engineer

all look like men one

yuck

at the same time amd also expanding.
https://www.jobstreet.com.my/announcement/2...d/amd-nn-ms.htm
GloFo(ex-amd) and AMD have secret project that the public didnt know?

Just move. RtK did
But still hate penang tho.

Kek. Into pls

superbike

AMD expanding, GF too

why not in kedah?? sanusi not sempoi enough?

hard to move with family.

waifu got job here.

don't want to send child to new childcare I don't trust

Wah... why AMD also expanding? I thought semi cond industry is very bad right now.

They expand for the next several years in the future. Not for now.

Oso dun go to TF AMD. They ain't the real AMD

what is diff between amoi and meimei?

Memei got bobs
Amoi planes can land

and china meimei got bobs and look like jejaka?

This post has been edited by nasiputih: May 26 2023, 06:46 PM

China?
Dunno. Depends which part of China really

When Globalfoundries will move its regional HQ from Singapore to KL?

That's not really true. For an apple to apple comparison, Greater Penang pays better for engineers working in electronics manufacturing. Pay in Selangor is comparatively lower in the same industry. It's just that other industries like software or banking may have higher pay.

Probably never.

halo...dont keep think island. mainland aso call penang la

Kiong hee kiong hee, penang lang

Highly unlikely

this news enough Malaysia don't need opp party anymore.

So setting up a plant at an unused land in selangor is unlikely too luuuu lol

So is this a fab or just a control facility?

Fabs have super high water requirements. Penang as it is not enough water already.

If you compare electronics, but as a general penang paid lower

Control faci only

Be it fab or control facility, Penang still has to greatly enhance and reinforce her water stores and supplies.

And I too say KIONG HEE KIONG HEE to Penang on this happy occasion!

Most likely it's the new PDC office building being constructed at Motorola's parking lot. AMD already confirmed to be a tenant so Global Foundries is logical.

https://www.penangpropertytalk.com/2023/03/...he-sea-project/

we will know soon

It's about access to the right resources and the proximity of the supply chain. When the majority of your potential suppliers, customers and skilled manpower is in the Greater Penang area, makes more sense to set up shop nearby. For corporate HQ, between Singapore and KL, makes more sense to choose Singapore too. Not just because of government incentives, but because other regional hq of peers are nearby and ease of doing business. Singapore has better mindshare for HQ type setups
.

A good assertion is always qualified on the assumptions made. In this specific context, no point talking about general situation since the article is about semicon news.

Intel's new facility on the island is a fab though. Which kinda worries me from a water resource point of view.

The next wave will be AI and compute driven. Hopefully we will see a pickup by end of the year.

wow AMD office nearby PG15.

time to lure some Intelers over

Please don’t come Penang, bad traffic is one thing. The drivers also another

semicon industry is cyclical. companies will take the downturn opportunity to expand their business to prepare for the next boom.

Penang going to have water problem if no desalination planning and adverse relationship with Kedah.