Alchip Technologies, Limited opened a new design center in October in Malaysia. The new center came on line to meet the exploding global demand for the company?s high-performance ASIC services. The Malaysia design center is the latest addition to Alchip?s on-going global expansion that, last year, included the opening of a significantly upgraded North America presence. The Malaysia design center is expected to house 30 engineers by the end of the year, with that number increasing to meet expected customer demand.
Alchip Technologies, Ltd. is principally engaged in the research, development, design and manufacturing of application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and system-on-chip (SoC) products. The Company is also involved in the non-recurring engineering of wafers, which provides IC design component database and semiconductor intellectual property (SIP), and designs and tests products produced by its original equipment manufacturer for clients. The Company also offers wafer back-end manufacturing, packaging and testing services. The Company's main products are mainly applied in digital televisions, communications network, other consumer electronics, communication equipment, medical devices and automobile electronics, among others. The Company distributes its products in domestic markets, and to Japan and mainland China.