When we think of “packaging,” we usually picture a cardboard box wrapped in colourful paper, tied with a ribbon and a card. It is the final layer that protects a gift until it is opened. In semiconductors, packaging is far more than a box - and the “gift” inside never gets unwrapped. Imagine a microscopic city of billions of transistors - incredibly expensive, extraordinarily delicate, and so sensitive that a single speck of dust could destroy it. For more than 50 years, Malaysia has been a global leader in encapsulating and connecting these chips through semiconductor packaging and testing. We ship 13% of the world’s packaged chips this way. The game today has fundamentally changed.
