Semiconductor designer pushes into advanced tech as it expands beyond US and China

SkyeChip founder and CEO Fong Swee Kiang poses for a portrait during an interview in Penang, Malaysia. (Photo by Norman Goh)
NORMAN GOH
October 22, 2026 16:37 JST
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian chip designer SkyeChip has joined a SoftBank-backed effort to develop next-generation memory for artificial intelligence, gaining a role in a Japanese semiconductor project that also involves Intel.
