AMD subsidiary is building a new manufacturing plant in Penang, Malaysia, which is expected to start production in the first quarter of 2023

The Edge Markets reported that AMD's Malaysian subsidiary (TF AMD Microelectronics) is investing US$452 million to set up a new manufacturing plant on the island of Penang on the country's west coast. The facility is said to cover 139,000 square meters and create about 3,000 jobs related to advanced semiconductor engineering.

Once completed, AMD's total manufacturing area on Penang Island will reach 210,000 square meters.

Given that existing local factories appear to be primarily responsible for manufacturing a range of small chips, the move would allow AMD to expand its chip packaging business and provide key support for many future products.

As for the "TF" in the name of TF AMD Microelectronics, it refers to a Chinese IC packaging and testing company that cooperates with AMD.

The current factory is responsible for everything from wafer sorting, wafer-level chip packaging, to final testing. The AMD chips you see with the origin marked as Malaysia are all assembled here.