Four Malaysian companies receive six Arm technology access approvals, says Akmal Nasrullah

KUALA LUMPUR: Six Arm technology access tokens or approvals have been offered to four Malaysian companies, comprising three Arm Compute Subsystems accesses and three Arm Flexible Access licences, as of today, said Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir.

Akmal Nasrullah said the collaboration aims to train 10,000 semiconductor professionals over four years, with 1,530 participants having undergone training under the initiative as of July 3 this year.

"The Malaysia-Arm strategic collaboration marks an important step in strengthening Malaysia’s capabilities in intellectual property, chip design and artificial intelligence (AI) related technologies.

"By providing access to proven internet protocol (IP) and compute platforms, the initiative will help Malaysian companies shorten development timelines, reduce research and development (R&D) risks and move more quickly towards commercial semiconductor products,” he said in his keynote address at The Edge-HSBC E&E Symposium 2026: The Value Chain Shift here today.

He said the government is encouraging more Malaysian companies to seize this opportunity, leverage the available technology and develop products that can compete in regional and global markets.

Akmal Nasrullah noted that technology access must ultimately lead to technology ownership.

"That is how Malaysia can move beyond being a trusted manufacturing base to become a trusted innovation partner, with more products and companies that are truly "Made by Malaysia”,” he added.

He said Malaysia will move from capacity to capability, from participation to leadership, from investment attraction to value creation, and ultimately from Made in Malaysia to Made by Malaysia.

"Success must not be measured only by investment approvals or factory openings. It must be measured by products commercialised, patents created, high-skilled jobs generated, local suppliers strengthened and Malaysian companies that can compete globally.

"If Malaysia gets this right, we will not only remain a trusted node in the global semiconductor supply chain. We will move higher within it,” he added. - Bernama