Symmid Corporation Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian-based fabless semiconductor design company was established in year 2003. Currently, Symmid employs 88 engineers, of whom 58 are Malaysians with salary range between RM6,000 – RM16,000. The company collaborates with local educational institutes and among their programmes include internship programme with Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The company provides end-to-end Integrated Circuit (IC) design services to fabless design houses, electronics and semiconductor system companies, equipment manufacturers and service providers.<\/p>\n
The Turun Padang Programme was part of MITI\/MIDA\u2019s efforts to foster engagement with the private sector and obtain views on ways to attract and encourage re-investment by companies. According to YB Dato\u2019 Sri Mustapa Mohamed, \u201cWe need to always stay in touch with the companies and gain insights from their experiences and the challenges they faced in growing their operations Malaysia. The feedback we received will help us to fine tune our policies and measures. This regular interaction is important as we are developing a progressive ecosystem to promote investments in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe semiconductor industry in Malaysia has moved beyond packaging and testing towards backward integration into IC design, wafer cutting and polishing as well as wafer fabrication. To date, 27 IC design companies are in operation and involved in the activities of development of smart cards, card chips, flash memory products, non-volatile memory, mixed analog & digital design and RF designs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cSymmid\u2019s operation is aligned with the aspirations of the Government to encourage high knowledge, high value-added and high income activities. We acknowledge and appreciate the company\u2019s effort in its human capital development programmes.<\/p>\n
We are very excited that the company is serious in developing a pipeline of the much needed next generation Malaysian ‘home-grown’ knowledge worker. We also believe that Symmid has provided attractive remuneration packages, and created excitement for their pools of brains to drive consistent growth for the company,\u201d Mustapa said.<\/p>\n
SOURCE : Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>