YB. R.S.N RAYER - A.D.U.N. SERI DELIMA, PENANG

Some MNCs are committed to develop next generation chips

GEORGE TOWN: High-end research and development (R&D) and designing work related to chip making and read and write heads for hard disks are migrating to Penang at a time when multinational corporations (MNCs) are slashing jobs worldwide amidst a global recession.

Altera Corp, Intel Corp and Seagate Technology are among the MNCs that have invested in fresh R&D activities in Penang to develop the next generation 28-nanometre (NM) field programmable gate array (FPGA) chips, 45 NM and 32 NM chips, and a new range of read and write heads for hard disk drives.

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