{
  "id": 2371320,
  "title": "Malaysia-Arm Ltd cooperation targets 5,000 chip designers by 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/malaysia-arm-ltd-cooperation-targets-5-000-chip-designers-by-2027",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-21T10:44:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/08/21/malaysia-arm-ltd-cooperation-targets-5-000-chip-designers-by-2027"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Economy Minister Akmal Nasir announced that Malaysia will train at least 5,000 local talents in Arm Ltd technology by the end of 2027, as part of a partnership aimed at developing a Made-in-Malaysia chip. This target is part of a broader commitment to train 10,000 talents over the next four years under the Malaysia-Arm collaboration, as reported by Bernama.\n\nTo date, 1,530 participants have undergone training related to Arm, a British semiconductor technology company. The four-year target necessitates an annual intake of approximately 2,500 new talents in circuit design. During recent discussions with 12 universities, it was revealed that they possess the capacity to collectively train a minimum of 2,500 designers each year, supporting chip design and related fields using Arm technology.\n\nSeveral universities have agreed to incorporate Arm's training into their academic programs, encompassing their students' respective fields of study. The partnership will integrate Arm expertise into the universities' industrial training, internship modules, and final-year projects. Upon completion of the Arm training, participants will also have the opportunity to engage in industrial training with companies that hold Arm Flexible Access (AFA) tokens.\n\nThese tokens offer companies early, lower-cost access to Arm's chip designs, enabling them to experiment, develop, and test products without incurring full licensing fees upfront. This initiative aims to empower local research and manufacturing of integrated circuit designs for products such as drones and microelectronics, ultimately positioning Made-in-Malaysia chips within the global supply chain.",
  "summary": "Economy minister Akmal Nasir says this is an important benchmark towards the commitment of 10,000 students trained over the next four years.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Malaysia-Arm Ltd cooperation targets 5,000 chip designers by 2027",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/malaysia-arm-ltd-cooperation-targets-5-000-chip-designers-by-2027-2373233",
        "published": "2026-08-21T10:44:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}