Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan described his working visit to Malaysia this week as “productive,” highlighting meetings with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
Tan, who has deep ties to the region—born in Muar and raised in Singapore—also visited Intel’s new advanced packaging facility in Penang. He noted that the state has been a key engineering hub for Intel since 1972 and that the new facility is set to become one of the largest of its kind globally.
In a post on X, Tan shared lighter moments from his trip, including enjoying Penang’s famous char koay teow and the durian fruit, fondly called “the king of all fruit.”
Tan’s background spans physics, nuclear engineering at MIT, and an MBA in the U.S., which laid the foundation for a decades-long career in the semiconductor and venture capital sectors. He founded Walden International in 1987, led Cadence Design Systems through a successful turnaround, and returned to Intel this year to lead the company’s efforts in rebuilding its manufacturing capabilities and expanding its foundry operations.
