The chip, which cost US$50mil (RM180mil) to develop, uses Japanese technology and is the first with multi-band frequencies. The microchip is so tiny that it can be embedded on paper. Each chip has its own serial number.
My first question is, how many percent does Malaysia contribute in the R&D of this chip? and second, why it costs US$50mil to just 'develop' a chip from some existing blue-print from Japan?
Embracing technologies blindly is very risky, especially if you have no clue what it is.
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Have I read it wrongly or Star have a typo error. I read the word "Developed by Malaysia". Silicon.com
After read this I wonder how they can said they developed it?
I think it's like this: the company get the IP, blueprint from Jap company, then implement the design in layout. After that, just mass produce the stuff in a fab plant. I hope the fab plant is Malaysian.
It's "developed in Malaysia" as in "Proton Saga is developed in Malaysia".
We might be able to judge the value of the chip by seeing which countries will buy it from M'sia eventually.
Always nice to see our Malaysian products conquering the world. Yes, that's right, the Malaysian ringgit.
Just through the use of this piece of paper, we managed to purchase the IP, design rights, manufacturing rights AND manufactured products that we can call our very own.
Malaysia Boleh!
Japaneses just keep quiet and make the money.....
Yeap, actually the Japs have remained quiet after transferring the old technologies to us, most notable one will be proton saga, which is an old model of Mitsubishi. We still make a lot of noises after paying dearly for some old technologies...
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